Language Problems and Language Planning

Language Problems and Language Planning (LPLP) is a peer-reviewed international and multilingual journal which focuses on language issues and the challenges they raise for contemporary societies at various levels and for various actors, with a particular emphasis on how these issues are addressed and processed through language policies. The three subject areas under which LPLP is listed in Scopus are: Linguistics and Language; Sociology and Political Science; Communication.

LPLP is particularly interested in topics such as:

• fundamental theory in language policy and planning (corpus, status, and acquisition planning);
• minority language protection and promotion; migration/mobility and linguistic integration; the management of multinational organisations and entities (whether public or private); macro-level language dynamics; multilingualism and geopolitics;
• ethnicity, nationalism and their interplay with language policy and planning;
• analyses of language policy and planning in specific domains, such as, but not limited to: education; public administration; justice system; economic life; culture; local/regional/international cooperation in those areas;
• design, implementation and evaluation of language policies in general, or of specific language policy measures;
• national or regional language policies, with consideration of their political, institutional and historical dimensions;
• representations of, attitudes towards and discourse about multilingualism and language policies;
• the political economy of language and the economics of language policy;
• historical and contemporary aspect of interlinguistics, which analyzes the development and use of planned languages, including but not limited to Esperanto. (Articles in this section have explored, for instance, the links between religion and language planning, the use of digital media in the making of the transnational Esperanto community, and Slavic constructed languages on the internet);
• the history of language policy and planning as an area of scientific investigation;
• high-level commentary of the work or other scholars on the above questions.

LPLP publishes four types of papers: Original research articles, Research notes, Review articles, and Book reviews. All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial assessment by the editorial team and, if deemed suitable for further consideration, are sent for peer review to two independent expert referees who remain anonymous. Please refer to the ‘Author Information’ for more details.