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language and language policy  

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  • Language policy involves taking an official or authoritative stand about languages and the use of languages in a given territory or state. Language policy that legitimizes language X may be perceived by the users of language Y to disfavor their language. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Language and Language Policy]

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