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In:A Language Management Approach to Language Problems: Integrating macro and micro dimensions
Edited by Kimura Goro Christoph and Lisa Fairbrother
[Studies in World Language Problems 7] 2020
► pp. 1–28

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Chapter 1
Introduction

What is a language management approach to language problems and why do we need it?

 | Sophia University
 | Sophia University
Published online: 20 May 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.7.01fai
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.What is language management and why is it a useful concept?
  • 3.The position of LMT in relation to other approaches to language policy and planning
  • 4.Conceptualizations of the micro and macro in sociolinguistic research on language problems
  • 5.The conceptualization of the micro and macro in this volume
  • 6.The organization of this volume
  • Notes
  • References
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