Language Problems and Language Planning

Aims & Scope

Language Problems and Language Planning (LPLP) is a peer-reviewed international and multilingual journal which focuses on language issues and the challenges they raise for contemporary societies at various levels and for various actors, with a particular emphasis on how these issues are addressed and processed through language policies. LPLP cultivates a strongly interdisciplinary spirit. Scholars from the full range of the social sciences and humanities are invited to submit work that contextualises and analyses the ways in which language functions in modern societies, particularly as an object of regulation, management, and contestation. LPLP therefore welcomes work from a wide array of disciplines, such as (but not limited to) sociolinguistics/applied linguistics, sociology of language, political science, economics, normative political theory, psychology, geography, history and law. A clear language policy angle, however, remains indispensable. On the other hand, LPLP does not normally carry, for example, pieces devoted strictly to pedagogy and language learning. The journal invites articles in line with the journal's aims & scope. While case studies of particular national or regional issues are welcome, preference is given to work offering generalisable insights of relevance across diverse contexts. LPLP welcomes papers combining a strong theoretical approach with high standards of empirical treatment. Knowledge claims are expected to display high standards of scientific rigour, including close attention to the definition of concepts and assumptions, methodological transparency, and the reliability and verifiability of data. Given the journal’s interdisciplinary scope, all authors are requested to explain their work in a way that is accessible to curious, open-minded scholars from any discipline in the social sciences and humanities.

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