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QI. Define the term language planning as given by Cooper (2002). List SIX characterize

of ‘Top down’ and ‘Bottom up’ language policy each. Also, list SIX factors which

 determine the place of a language in language policy. (2+6+6+6= 20 Marks)

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SOLUTION:

' deliberate  efforts  to  influence  the  behavior  of others   with  respect  to  acquisition, structure , or  functional  allocation  of  their  language  codes '   

CHARACTERISTICS  OF  'TOP  DOWN  LANGUAGE  POLICY:

  • Formulated by authorities (governments, commissions etc.) and imposed on speech communities
  • Language policy is conceived as a unidirectional process
  • Instruments of social control
  • Tools for the achievement of ideological objectives

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CHARACTERISTICS  OF  'BOTTOM UP  LANGUAGE  POLICY:

  •  Speech communities as active contributors to the shaping of the language policy
  • Co determine the context
  • Seize the initiative from the institutional planners
  • Not a unilateral process
  • Policy is an outcome of interplay between conflicting
  • aims

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The place of a language in language policy is determined

by following factors:

  • Population
  • Prestige
  • Status 
  • functionality
  • nationalism