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<DIV>Yes please do continue and many thanks for all you are doing to keep us updated.</DIV>
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<DIV>Maya<BR><BR> </DIV></DIV>Professor Dr. Maya Khemlani David <BR>Honorary Fellow Chartered Institute of Linguists)<BR>Member of the International Advisory Board of Linguapax www.linguapax.org<BR>Member of the Managing Board of The Social Capital Foundation
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Harold Schiffman <hfsclpp@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> lp <lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sun, January 3, 2010 12:19:20 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [lg policy] question for the members of this list<BR></FONT><BR>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><BR>-- <BR>**************************************<BR>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to<BR>its members<BR>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner<BR>or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents.<BR>Members who disagree
with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal.<BR>(H. Schiffman, Moderator)<BR><BR>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to<BR><A href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target=_blank>https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</A><BR>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<BR>*******************************************<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>This message came to you by way of the lgpolicy-list mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu" ymailto="mailto:lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu">lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu</A><BR>To manage your subscription unsubscribe, or arrange digest format: <A href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/lgpolicy-list" target=_blank>https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/lgpolicy-list</A><BR></DIV></DIV><!-- cg12.c2.mail.re1.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Mon Dec 28 05:27:06 PST 2009 --></div><br>
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