Language

Sites concerning policies for the preservation or reform of language.

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Eurolang - An independent Brussels-based news agency providing daily news coverage of events that matter to Europe's minority language communities.
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the Revival of Hebrew - The life and work of the founder of the Hebrew Language Council, the forerunner of today's Hebrew Language Academy, the supreme arbiter and authority on all matters pertaining to the Hebrew language.
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Israel: Language Policy - Profile of the role of Hebrew in Israeli government and education.
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Politics and the English Language - An essay by George Orwell.
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Language Problems and Language Planning - International multi-lingual journal that publishes articles primarily on political, sociological, and economic aspects of language and language use. Site includes submission and subscription information, contents and abstracts.
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How the Norwegian Parliament Banned the National Language - A political history of the Norwegian language by Ingar Holst.
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Forgetting Latgalian - Article concerning the politics of distinguishing between a language and a dialect.
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Nationalism and Language - An essay by Bozidar Jaksic on linguistic identity and policy in the Balkans.
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Articles in this category:

The Power Of Language: How To Language Your Future - ...
The Language of Appalachia - ...
The Language Of Business - There are certain concepts that successful business
owners create, and then refine, over and over again. Does
your business have a mission statement? Have you defined the
strategies and objectives of your business? What if a lender
asks about ...
Garlic As A Second Language - ...
Marketing as a Second Language - One of the defining features of Western civilization is that we're all amateur marketers by default. Regardless of what our mother tongue is, the second language we are most exposed to is invariably Hype.

By the time a child is five years old he i...
The Language of Confidence - The language we use programs our brains. Mastering our language gives us a great degree of mastery over our lives and our destinies. It is important to use language in the best way possible in order ...
The Language of Blogs - ...
Body Language - Body language is fascinating. People rarely recognize how much information they give off and how noticeable it is to the human eye. Even to the untrained human eye. It is said that no less that 50 pe...
Each discipline has its own language - English scholars may use such language as "stream of consciousness",
while economists may speak of "market maximization".
Unfortunately this makes it indecipherable to everyone else.
Individuals not directly involved in the discipline, or a
Using the Language of Self-Hypnosis - ...