Dell Hymes and the new language policy studies: Update from an underdeveloped country

Teresa L. McCarty; James Collins; Rodney K. Hopson

doi:10.1111/j.1548-1492.2011.01143.x

Dell Hymes and the new language policy studies: Update from an underdeveloped country

Teresa L. McCarty, James Collins, Rodney K. Hopson

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This essay updates Dell Hymes's "Report from an Underdeveloped Country" (the USA), positioning our analysis in the New Language Policy Studies. Taking up Hymes's call for comparative, critical studies of language use, we examine three cases, organizing our analysis around Hymes's questions: What "counts" as a language, a language problem, and "proper" language use? We conclude with a final question suggested by Hymes's Report: How can a critical-ethnographic approach to language policy transform persistent linguistic inequalities?

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	335-363
Number of pages	29
Journal	Anthropology and Education Quarterly
Volume	42
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1492.2011.01143.x
State	Published - Dec 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Dell Hymes
Educational linguistics
Ethnography of communication
Linguistic inequality
New language policy studies

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Education
Anthropology

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