Describe a sound strategy for language revival using each of the three parts of
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Describe a sound strategy for language revival using each of the three parts of language planning.
Case of Sonny - Summary At the time of his admission to a private psychiatric hospital, Sonny Ford was a 24-year old single African-American male who lived with his adoptive parents. Sonny had been referred for hospital admission by his outpatient psychotherapist. Over the past 2 years Sonny had struggled with symptoms such as concentration difficulties, anxiety, and obsessional thinking. More significantly, within the year prior to his admission, Sonny began to experience paranoid and delusional thoughts that had become quite persistent. These difficulties began after Sonny smoked marijuana. While experiencing the effects of marijuana, Sonny believed that his mind had gone "numb." From that time on, Sonny believed that the marijuana had permanently "warped" his brain. He became increasingly distressed and frustrated over his inability to get others to agree that marijuana had this effect on him. More recently, Sonny had developed concerns that the police and FBI were "out to get him." In addition, he had begun to feel that certain television shows had special importance to him and important information was embedded in these programs directed specifically at him. Sonny believed that these messages coming to him through the television were sent to remind him that he was at risk for some sort of plot by the authorities. Sonny also heard voices in his head. Although he could not make out what they were saying, Sonny perceived the voices as "angry" and "critical." Over the past few months, Sonny's symptoms had worsened to the point that they were interfering substantially with his attendance at work as a state office janitor. Because of these factors and the lack of improvement in outpatient counseling, Sonny was referred to this inpatient hospital. At the intake evaluation for his inpatient admission, Sonny's emotions were restricted. Although appearing tense and anxious, Sonny's face was mostly immobile for the duration of the interview. He engaged in very little eye contact ith the interviewer and his body movements were agitated and restless, as evidenced by rocking movements of his legs and body. His speech was hesitant and deliberate, and he often answered the interviewer's questions with brief and empty replies. For example, when the interviewer asked "what difficulties are you having that you would like help for?" Sonny replied, "I think it was the marijuana." Clinical History Sonny was adopted at birth, and no records were available about medical or psychiatric history of his family origin. Sonny was raised in a household of four: in addition to his parents, he had a sister 4 years older who had also been adopted. He could recall very few memories from his early childhood. However, Sonny said that throughout his life he had always been a loner who, to this day, never had any friends. Sonny's parents, who were present at the time of his admission to the hospital, confirmed that Sonny had alw been frustrated by social interactions and added that their son had always been hypertensive to real or perceived criticism during his school years. Sonny was very attached to his father and, for many years, experienced considerable distress andExplanation / Answer
Language planning has important socio cultural and practical implications. Language planning occurs at many different levels in society, including at societal and governmental levels, within education systems and specific groups and even between individuals within a community. Involvement in status planning activities is likewise not restricted to particular official bodies or groups of people and communities, and it can be carried out by almost anyone.
Language planning can be divided into three sub-dimensions:
Corpus Planning
Status Planning
Acquisition Planning
Corpus planning is standardization of language. It refers to perspective intervention in the forms of language. It can be achieved by creating new words, modifying old ones or selecting alternative forms. It is involved with creating standards for a language, such as spelling and grammar, or to create dictionaries.
Status planning involves status choices, making a particular language or variety an official language and national language. Status planning is often part and parcel of creating a new writing system. It refers to the modification of social role of a language. People socially should come together and give importance to their language in order to have its impact on the society and the world. We need to change the way language is used in the society and not having the effect of outside world on it.
Acquisition planning involves efforts to influence the number of users and the distribution of languages and literacy, achieved by creating opportunities or incentives to learn them. Acquisition planning is directly related to language spread. Local government bodies, national and regional bodies plays important role in the aspect. Providing importance of language within the state, country and community is a part of acquisition planning. Where possible, expand the language domains outside of the local community and into the broader population to promote the language as one of wider communication, regional or national government.
Using the language at home as the primary language of communication, so that it becomes the first language of young children. Develop classes and support groups for parents to assist them in the transition.
Language planning is a valuable and useful tool for the revival of Indigenous languages for two main reasons. Firstly, in a socio-linguistic approach to language planning there is recognition of the fact that language issues are often connected to a social issue. In this situation, language planning becomes a tool with which to implement social policy aimed at the improvement of the issue. Secondly, language planning can also be used to develop and implement successful language revival programs by providing opportunities for the community to research, plan and set achievable goals for the program.