The policy and policing of language in schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2860111 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Cushing (0000-0003-1752-1411, Brunel University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 425-450 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404519000848 |
| OpenAlex | W2989009574 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 56 |
| References cited | 68 |
This study investigates cases of language 'policing' as educational language policies, and the way that these are represented across different policy levels. Focusing on UK schools and using discursive approaches to language policy as a theoretical framework, I critically examine the motivations and justifications that institutions provide for designing and implementing policies whereby nonstandardised forms are 'banned', and how these are reported in metalinguistic discourse. Drawing on a range of data including media discourse, policy documents, teacher interviews and linguistic landscapes, I textually trace how educational language policies (re)produce prescriptive and linguicist ideologies, often using metaphors of crime, and often using language as a proxy for social factors such as academic achievement, employability, and standards. Overall, I argue that micro- and meso-level language policies are a partial product of the linguistic conservatism as found within current macro-level educational policy. (Language policy, language policing, schools, language ideologies
Employability · Ideology · Language policy · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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| Unique citing works | 56 |
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| Citations per year | 9,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 53 |