INTEGRITY, PROMISE AND LANGUAGE PLANNING

Abstract

This study sets the parameters for the language planning response to Lau us. Nichols. The study examines seminal studies in sociolinguistics and bilingualism as appropriate bases for the response; principally the UNESCO report,‘The Use of Vernacular Languages in Education,’and the research of W. E. Lambert and his associates. The study synthesizes the findings, resolving apparent contradictions by means of certain intervening social‐psychological variables. This synthesis is applied to a model constructed from Fishman's summary of world‐wide policy responses to bilingualism and bi‐dialectal education. This socio‐linguistic synthesis is related to political alternatives available for the implementation of the planning. From this, the study demonstrates possible alternative responses to Lau vs. Nichols. The study defines and evaluates each response and concludes in favor of a pluralistic response with its‘bargaining’ consequence.

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