Linguistic territoriality in Switzerland

IF 0.4 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Language Problems & Language Planning Pub Date : 2021-11-24 DOI:10.1075/lplp.00077.bur
Till Burckhardt
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This article argues that the linguistic territoriality principle cannot be considered as a general guideline for the design of language policy but rather as a tool to find the right balance between linguistic freedom and linguistic peace under given circumstances. The article traces the origin and evolution of language policy principles during the drafting process of the new constitutional article in its three official language versions. The Swiss language regime is embedded in an institutional system of executive federalism in which mostly monolingual cantons and municipalities are in charge of implementing nearly all public policy. This significantly reduces the relevance of the inconsistency between a formally personalistic multilingual federal language regime and linguistic territoriality deriving from cantonal language regimes. The point of the new federal regulation is to provide room for manoeuvre for cantonal policymakers to adopt legislation based on linguistic territoriality. The relevant constitutional article recognises that territorial language policies can be implemented to ensure linguistic peace. At the same time, the personality principle may be adopted to protect autochthonous linguistic minorities.
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瑞士的语言地域性
本文认为,语言地域性原则不能作为语言政策设计的一般准则,而应作为在特定情况下寻找语言自由与语言和平之间适当平衡的工具。本文以三种正式语文版本追溯了新宪法条款起草过程中语言政策原则的起源和演变。瑞士的语言制度植根于一个行政联邦制的制度体系中,在这个体系中,大多数只说一种语言的州和市负责执行几乎所有的公共政策。这大大减少了形式上个人主义的多语言联邦语言制度与源自州语言制度的语言地域性之间不一致的相关性。新的联邦法规的重点是为各州决策者提供机动空间,以采用基于语言地域性的立法。有关的宪法条款承认,可以实施领土语言政策,以确保语言和平。同时,可以采用人格原则来保护母语少数民族。
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期刊介绍: Language Problems and Language Planning is published in cooperation with the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems. This international multi-lingual journal publishes articles primarily on political, sociological, and economic aspects of language and language use. It is especially concerned with relationships between and among language communities, particularly in international contexts, and in the adaptation, manipulation, and standardization of language for international use.
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