yes, they have been useful. My perspective about language policy has broadened thanks to your postings. Thanks for all that hard work and happy new year!!<div><br></div><div>JD<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/2 Harold Schiffman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hfsclpp@gmail.com">hfsclpp@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">All:<br>
<br>
I have a question that I would like an answer to. I receive a daily<br>
"google alert" on the topic of "language policy." This is a service<br>
I requested of Google, and what they do is search the web for any<br>
mention of "language" and "policy" in the messages they<br>
transmit. They compile a list and forward it to me, and I read the<br>
messages to see if they are germane to our topic. (Many<br>
are not--many messages talk about the "language" of a policy, by which<br>
they mean the wording of the text, not the human<br>
organ of speech and/or a named variety of language.)<br>
<br>
Recently, the google alerts have been turning up bibliographic items<br>
such as articles or monographs about language policy,<br>
and I have forwarded some of these to the list. Nobody has complained<br>
about this, but I wonder if this is useful to anyone. For example,<br>
yesterday I forwarded a message about the language policy of the Food<br>
and Agricultural Organization, a two-line squib mentioning<br>
which order they list language icons in. Others have been from<br>
various jurisdictions in South Africa, which seems to be requiring<br>
or at least urging people to formulate a language policy, and make it<br>
known; these have included the Stellenbosch University,<br>
the government of the Western Cape, and others. Further examples<br>
include departments of a Danish university, such as the Engineering<br>
School.<br>
<br>
Since I always tell my students that language policies can be found in<br>
lots of different nooks and crannies of the world, not just<br>
the governments of states, but religious organizations, labor unions,<br>
and other jurisdictions and polities, these are good examples<br>
of that. It also reminds us that sometimes a body may have a covert<br>
policy, i.e. one that assumes that a certain language will<br>
be "official" but doesn't state it explicitly. These, of course, get<br>
no mention.<br>
<br>
Anyway, my question is: would you like me to continue to forward these<br>
"mini-squibs" about language policy, e.g. in the FAO,<br>
or should I be more judicious?<br>
<br>
Thanks, and Happy New Year!<br>
<br>
H. Schiffman<br>
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