[lg policy] bibitem: Language policies, language planning and linguistic landscapes in Timor-Leste

[Harold Schiffman]

Language policies, language planning and linguistic landscapes in Timor-Leste

John Macalister, Victoria University of Wellington

Timor-Leste is a nation where three exogenous languages (Portuguese,
Bahasa Indonesia, English) and one of many endogenous languages
(Tetun) compete to be heard in public spaces. The constitution names
both Tetun and Portuguese as co-official languages, and English and
Bahasa Indonesia as working languages in the civil service; but
official and de facto language policy are not necessarily the same.
One mechanism that can mediate between ideology and practice, both as
a way of imposing and of resisting official policy, is language in the
public space. This paper demonstrates the insights that examining
language in the public space can provide on language policy debates.
It reports on the investigation of a linguistic landscape in Dili, the
capital of Timor-Leste, and finds considerable difference between
official language policy and language practices.

Keywords: linguistic landscapes, Timor Leste, Tetun, Portuguese
language, English language, Bahasa Indonesia, language policy,
language planning, language practice

In: Language Problems and Language Planning 36:1. 2012. (pp. 25–45)


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