语言政策对少数民族语言的影响

The Impact of the Language Policy on Minority Languages

本文探析了语言政策对少数民族语言维持及转换、实践、实际需要与规划等方面存在的潜在和实际影响。指出语言政策会因所实施场所的不同而导致截然不同的结果,有效的语言政策必须和语言规划之间有很强的联接,因为语言政策必将影响国家生活的各个方面。此外,语言政策对少数民族语言在家庭中的使用有不可忽视的影响,法律上的支持可以让少数民族语言的话语者为他们的语言和文化获得一定的公共空间。

The paper analyses the impacts of national language policies on language maintenance and, shift, practice, practical need and language planning. Argues that the implementation of the language policy will results in different effects because of the different background, and effective language pelicies must have strong linkage with language planning, for the language policies will influences all parts of the national life. Furthermore, language policies have negligible impact on home use, and legal provisions may allow speakers of minority languages to claim some public space for their languages and cultures.