num_pages: 216
description: The aim of this book is to investigate motives for action on language. Seven seem to identity, insecurity, ideology, image, inequality, integration and instrumentality. The author relates those to wider issues of personal and social motivation, discussing the language strategies, plans and policies of a number of individuals, communities and states.
language: English
title: Motivation in Language Planning and Language Policy
titlecomplete: Motivation in Language Planning and Language Policy (Multilingual Matters, 119)
series: Multilingual Matters
publisher: Multilingual Matters