The politics of language regimes

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" The politics of language regimes "
Amy H. Liu T. F. Remington

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	52428
Doc. No	:	TL22382
Call number	:	‭3360010‬
Main Entry	:	Amy H. Liu
Title & Author	:	The politics of language regimes\ Amy H. Liu
College	:	Emory University
Date	:	2009
Degree	:	Ph.D.
student score	:	2009
Page No	:	325-n/a
Abstract	:	If language regimes are the rules that delineate which languages can be used when and where--thereby institutionalizing the distribution of linguistic powers--what explains a government's language regime choice? Specifically, under what conditions are linguistic powers concentrated in the hands of the dominant group language, shared across several different languages, and neutralized via a lingua franca? In the dissertation, I argue language regimes are political institutions, and by extension, language regime choice is the product of bargaining between linguistic groups over institutional designs. Employing a Rubenstein bargaining model, I formally demonstrate language regime choice is the product of two components: the second period uncertainty and the socioeconomic hierarchy. I argue we are most likely to see (1) power-concentrating language regimes when the politically non-dominant group is socioeconomically dominant but the likelihood of it coming to power is low; (2) power-neutralizing language regimes under the aforementioned socioeconomic hierarchy conditions but when the likelihood of the non-dominant group coming to power is high; and (3) power-sharing language regimes when the politically dominant group is also the socioeconomically advantaged group. I test the generated propositions first on a cross-sectional dataset that includes all instances of political independence and democratic transitions between 1945 and 2000. I supplement the statistical analysis with a qualitative study of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore to get at (1) not just whether but why there is a correlation between the variables of interest; and (2) the degree--as opposed to just the type--of linguistic distribution.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Language, literature and linguistics; Language; Malaysia; Institutions; Singapore; Indonesia; Language regimes; Political science; 0615:Political science; 0679:Language
Added Entry	:	T. F. Remington
Added Entry	:	Emory University