全球化背景下的语言规划研究
2017-05-30李雯雯
提 要 这篇书评对Thomas Ricento所编四卷本《语言政策与规划:语言学中的关键概念》的第四卷“语言政策与全球化”进行了简要评论,在对该卷选文内容进行介绍的基础上,分析其对中国语言政策与规划研究的启示。该卷试图梳理近30年来全球化与语言政策研究的重要文献,展现英语全球化背景下的政治、经济、社会及文化发展对语言及语言政策的影响,重点探讨语言霸权、语言帝国主义、语言生态和语言多样性等问题。今后中国的语言规划研究应重视语言多样性的维护,建立基于语言生态观的语言规划研究框架,保护濒危语言和少数民族语言的生存和发展。同时,在英语全球化背景下,统筹规划中国的外语教育以及汉语的国际传播。
关键词 语言规划;英语;全球化;语言生态
Abstract This review aims to comment on the fourth volume Language Policy and Globalization in the series of Language Policy and Planning: Critical Concepts in Linguistics edited by Thomas Ricento. Based on the content analysis of the selections, it elaborates the implications for the study of language planning and policy in China. The current volume tries to present important literatures on the study of globalization and language policy for nearly 30 years, and discusses the influence from the development of politics, economy, society and culture against the background of English globalization on language and language policy. It also probes the problems of language hegemony, linguistic imperialism, language ecology and language diversity. The international experience can serve as a reference to inform Chinese practice. In the future, language planning in China should focus on the maintenance of linguistic diversity and establishment of a language planning framework from the perspective of language ecology and language maintenance, which leads to ensuring the survival and development of endangered languages and minority languages. At the same time, the authorities should endeavor to vigorously coordinate language planning in foreign language education and international spread of Chinese in the context of English globalization.
Key words language planning; English; globalization; language ecology
該卷是2016年Thomas Ricento所编四卷本《语言政策与规划:语言学中的关键概念》(Language Policy and Planning: Critical Concepts in Linguistics)的第四卷,收录第54—68共计15篇文献,共330页。该卷试图梳理近30年来全球化与语言政策研究的重要文献,展现英语全球化背景下的政治、经济、社会及文化发展对语言及语言政策的影响,重点探讨语言霸权、语言帝国主义、语言生态和语言多样性等问题。
一、内容评介
第五十四篇,《语言与政治经济》(Susan Gal 1989)①。这篇评论发表于《人类学年刊》(Annual Review of Anthropology),简要概述了不同时期关于语言与政治和经济关系研究的背景、动机和成果。基于以往诸多学者对相关语言问题的阐述,作者这篇综述旨在提出人类学和语言学中那些探讨语言结构、语言使用和政治经济问题的研究。……
