Law of Coexisting Languages
– Four Pillars of the Language Policy
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Abstract
This study examines the citizen–citizen and citizen–state relationship focusing on the use of different languages in society. According to the basic assumption, there is necessarily a kind of competition between the different languages spoken in one state, which determines the relations between the languages. The development and maintenance of peaceful coexistence between languages (thus social groups of different languages) is part of the protection function of the state. This study examines the key points of intervention needed to develop appropriate language policy and legislation, which it summarises as the “law of coexisting languages”.
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