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A corpus linguistic analysis of approximately 30,000 U.S. legislative bills running from 2013 to 2018. We use empirical methods to uncover patterns of language planning, and the ideologies that motivate them.
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This article contributes (1) to the use of large corpora analysis in the field of Language Policy & Planning, and (2) exposes consistent patterns of discriminatory ideologies within legislation that can be linked to other actors, corpora, and contexts.
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Language policy and planning has need of more large-scale, empirical work to chart the patterns and practices of language policies. This article helps to locate such patterns, so that discrimination can be confronted across different contexts and arenas.
Brett A. Diaz
Pennsylvania State University
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This page is a summary of: A corpus-driven exploration of U.S. language planning and language ideology from 2013 to 2018, Journal of Language and Politics, June 2020, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.19108.dia.
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