《语言政策与经济学:非洲的语言问题》评介
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摘要
《语言政策与经济学:非洲的语言问题》一书聚焦语言政策、语言规划与社会经济发展之间的关系,首先对语言政策和规划已有研究的脉络进行系统梳理,讨论了语言经济学在语言政策研究中地位和作用,其次对历史上和后殖民时期语言政策的概念、殖民语言意识形态的持续、全球化背景下语言规划的新趋势等内容进行了深入分析,特别利用经济学理论研究分析了"为什么殖民地语言意识形态在非洲后殖民时期持续存在""全球化、英语传播与非洲语言的困境""非洲语言规划未来前景"等重大议题。在此基础上,该书提出并论证了"语言是一个民族社会政治和经济发展不可或缺的一部分"的观点,认为只有从经济上挖掘非洲本土语言的实际价值,并保证它们在现实生活中产生具体的经济回报,政策制定者才有可能改变现有的语言政策,非洲语言才能得以继承和发展。该书不仅为经济学应用于语言政策研究提供了一个良好范例和重要参考,其研究视角、思路和观点对中国语言政策和规划研究也具有积极的借鉴意义。
The book Language Policy and Economics focuses on the relationship between language policy, language planning and socio-economic development in Africa. It addresses the perennial question of how to promote Africa's indigenous languages as media of instruction in educational systems. including discussions of the status and role of language economics in language policy research, and an in-depth analysis of language policy in history and post-colonial period, the persistence of colonial linguistic ideology, and new trends of language planning in the context of globalization. In particular, economic theories are introduced to analyze some major issues, such as the question of why colonial linguistic ideology persisted in the post-colonial period of Africa, the dilemma of African languages in the context of globalization, and the prospects of African language planning. On this basis, the book argues that "language is an indispensable part of the social, political and economic development of a nation". It holds that only by recognizing the actual value of African native languages economically and ensuring that they produce concrete economic returns in real life can policymakers be able to change their current situation. Addressing the usually overlooked the link between languages and economic development, this book not only provides a good example and an important reference for the application of economics to the study of language policy, but also has positive implications for the study and practice of language policy and planning in China.
The book Language Policy and Economics focuses on the relationship between language policy, language planning and socio-economic development in Africa. It addresses the perennial question of how to promote Africa's indigenous languages as media of instruction in educational systems. including discussions of the status and role of language economics in language policy research, and an in-depth analysis of language policy in history and post-colonial period, the persistence of colonial linguistic ideology, and new trends of language planning in the context of globalization. In particular, economic theories are introduced to analyze some major issues, such as the question of why colonial linguistic ideology persisted in the post-colonial period of Africa, the dilemma of African languages in the context of globalization, and the prospects of African language planning. On this basis, the book argues that "language is an indispensable part of the social, political and economic development of a nation". It holds that only by recognizing the actual value of African native languages economically and ensuring that they produce concrete economic returns in real life can policymakers be able to change their current situation. Addressing the usually overlooked the link between languages and economic development, this book not only provides a good example and an important reference for the application of economics to the study of language policy, but also has positive implications for the study and practice of language policy and planning in China.
引文
刘国辉,张卫国2018《语言经济学研究的深化及其对语言生活现实的解释》,《云南师范大学学报》(哲学社会科学版)第1期。
张卫国2011《语言政策与语言规划:经济学与语言学比较的视角》,《云南师范大学学报》(哲学社会科学版)第5期。
赵蓉晖2016《论语言规划研究的中国学派——评<语言规划概论>》,《语言战略研究》第1期。
Haarmann, Harald. 1990. Language planning in the light of a general theory of language:A methodological framework.International Journal of the Sociology of Language 86, 103-126.
Ricento, Thomas. 2006. An Introduction to Language Policy:Theory and Method. Oxford:Blackwell.
Zhang, Weiguo. 2018. Review of The Economics of Language Policy. Language Policy 17,119-121.
张卫国2011《语言政策与语言规划:经济学与语言学比较的视角》,《云南师范大学学报》(哲学社会科学版)第5期。
赵蓉晖2016《论语言规划研究的中国学派——评<语言规划概论>》,《语言战略研究》第1期。
Haarmann, Harald. 1990. Language planning in the light of a general theory of language:A methodological framework.International Journal of the Sociology of Language 86, 103-126.
Ricento, Thomas. 2006. An Introduction to Language Policy:Theory and Method. Oxford:Blackwell.
Zhang, Weiguo. 2018. Review of The Economics of Language Policy. Language Policy 17,119-121.