Philippe Humbert
Biographic Data
| ID | 832690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philippe Humbert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philippe |
| FAMILY NAME | Humbert |
| SIGNATURE | HUMBERT P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Fribourg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2949-0296 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
To count or not to count ‘francophones.’ Reading language planning and policy through the words of quantification
How to ask questions on language? Ideological struggles in the making of a state survey
The purpose of this article is to analyze the conducting of a state survey on language and to highlight the ideological tensions that are embedded in the search for an appropriate formulation of a question, as well as in the conduct of the survey interviews. Relying on historiographic data, as well as on interactional data, and focusing on the opening question of the survey that deals with the main language(s) of the respondent, defined as the la…
Surveying languages
In this article, we propose a historical, political, and critical framework that situates language surveys and censuses as an object of sociolinguistic inquiry. First, we provide a brief history of the production of language statistics that aims to understand why authoritative bodies "need" language statistics, and what political agendas they help fulfil. Second, we highlight the epistemological and methodological challenges that emerge from the …
Artocarpus altilis heartwood extract protects skin against UVB in vitro and in vivo
La dynamique des grandes entreprises indiennes
Surveying languages
In this article, we propose a historical, political, and critical framework that situates language surveys and censuses as an object of sociolinguistic inquiry. First, we provide a brief history of the production of language statistics that aims to understand why authoritative bodies "need" language statistics, and what political agendas they help fulfil. Second, we highlight the epistemological and methodological challenges that emerge from the …
To count or not to count ‘francophones.’ Reading language planning and policy through the words of quantification
How to ask questions on language? Ideological struggles in the making of a state survey
The purpose of this article is to analyze the conducting of a state survey on language and to highlight the ideological tensions that are embedded in the search for an appropriate formulation of a question, as well as in the conduct of the survey interviews. Relying on historiographic data, as well as on interactional data, and focusing on the opening question of the survey that deals with the main language(s) of the respondent, defined as the la…
La dynamique des grandes entreprises indiennes
Artocarpus altilis heartwood extract protects skin against UVB in vitro and in vivo
How to ask questions on language? Ideological struggles in the making of a state survey
The purpose of this article is to analyze the conducting of a state survey on language and to highlight the ideological tensions that are embedded in the search for an appropriate formulation of a question, as well as in the conduct of the survey interviews. Relying on historiographic data, as well as on interactional data, and focusing on the opening question of the survey that deals with the main language(s) of the respondent, defined as the la…
Surveying languages
In this article, we propose a historical, political, and critical framework that situates language surveys and censuses as an object of sociolinguistic inquiry. First, we provide a brief history of the production of language statistics that aims to understand why authoritative bodies "need" language statistics, and what political agendas they help fulfil. Second, we highlight the epistemological and methodological challenges that emerge from the …
To count or not to count ‘francophones.’ Reading language planning and policy through the words of quantification
Linguistics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Statistics (2 works) · Artocarpus (1 work)