Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning A Practical Guide [Hardcover]

• Each chapter is written by a leading language policy expert and provides a how-to guide to planning studies as well as gathering and analyzing data
• Covers a broad range of methods, making it easily accessible to and useful for transdisciplinary researchers working with language policy in any capacity
• Will serve as both a foundational methods text for graduate students and novice researchers, and a useful methodological reference for experienced LPP researchers
• Includes a series of guidelines for public engagement to assist scholars as they endeavor to incorporate their work into the public policy process

Notes on Contributors vii

Foreword xii
Thomas Ricento

1 Introduction: The Practice of Language Policy Research 1
Francis M. Hult and David Cassels Johnson

Part I Fundamental Considerations 7

2 Selecting Appropriate Research Methods in LPP Research: Methodological Rich Points 9
Nancy H. Hornberger

3 Researcher Positionality 21
Angel M.Y. Lin

4 Ethical Considerations in Language Policy Research 33
Suresh Canagarajah and Phiona Stanley

5 Language Policy and Political Theory 45
Stephen May

6 Language and Law 56
Dimitry Kochenov and Fernand de Varennes

Part II Methodological Approaches to Language Planning and Policy Research 67

7 Exploring Language Problems through Q‐Sorting 69
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