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  • The ecology of language reform in Timor-Leste: A language rights perspective

    Author(s)
    Taylor-Leech, Kerry Jane
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    Taylor-Leech, Kerry J.
    Year published
    2005
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    Abstract
    In this paper I use a three-way framework for understanding the processes of language change and reform in Timor-Leste. The first is the metaphor of language ecology. The ecological metaphor is justified as a way of understanding the importance of sustaining a balance between languages. Secondly, language policy and planning are defined and applied to explain the process of language reform in Timor-Leste. I discuss multilingualism and I suggest that negative perceptions of multilingualism have had a demobilizing effect on language planning. Thirdly, I analyze language policy and planning in Timor-Leste from a language rights ...
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    In this paper I use a three-way framework for understanding the processes of language change and reform in Timor-Leste. The first is the metaphor of language ecology. The ecological metaphor is justified as a way of understanding the importance of sustaining a balance between languages. Secondly, language policy and planning are defined and applied to explain the process of language reform in Timor-Leste. I discuss multilingualism and I suggest that negative perceptions of multilingualism have had a demobilizing effect on language planning. Thirdly, I analyze language policy and planning in Timor-Leste from a language rights perspective, demonstrating that language rights have been ignored by language planners until the present day and that modern language planning and policy-making is highly associated with its historical context. I go on to discuss the challenges of language policy implementation and conclude with a call for community engagement in language planning.
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    Journal Title
    Estudos de Linguas e Culturas de Timor-Leste (Studies in Languages and Cultures of East Timor)
    Volume
    7
    Publisher URI
    http://untl-timorleste.blogspot.com.au/2009/01/universidade-nacional-timor-lorosae.html
    Subject
    Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/49256
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