Glottopolitics Explained

Glottopolitics is a sociolinguistic concept coined by Jean-Baptiste Marcellesi and Louis Guespin.

It may be defined as any action taken by society to manage language interaction. Glottopolitics is constantly at work; it is a continuum that ranges from minuscule acts to considerable interventions, ultimately concerning language itself: promotion, prohibition, change of status, etc. There can be no social community without glottopolitics.[1] It is a social practice from which no one can escape (people "do glottopolitics without knowing it", whether they are ordinary citizens or ministers of the economy).[2]

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  1. Guespin L., 1985, « Introduction. Matériaux pour une glottopolitique » dans Cahiers de linguistique sociale n°7, Presses de l’université de Rouen, p. 14-32, ici p. 21-22
  2. Jean-Baptiste . Marcellesi . Louis . Guespin . Pour la glottopolitique . . 21 . 83 . 1986 . 10.3406/lgge.1986.2493 . 2019-04-26 . 5–34 . fr .