Language policies

Linguistic diversity ... What for? ... What issues?

Claire Moyse-Faurie
When dominating languages threaten plurilingualism in Oceania

Maïa Ponsonnet
The ideology of monolingualism in the Australian context

Rozenn Milin
The « symbol »
The symbol continued: in Burkina Faso

Marie-Jeanne Verny
Finding a place for Occitan in the French Republic

Denis Costaouec
From traditional popular monolingualism to State language monolingualism: an impediment to plurilingualism

Lenore Grenoble
Language and identity in Greenland

Emilie Maj
Siberia: the question of mother tongue

Valentina Vapnarsky
Enough with keeping the Maya locked in their pyramids!

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