language planning

noun

the development of policies or programs designed to direct or change language use, as through the establishment of an official language, the standardization or modernization of a language, or the development or alteration of a writing system.

Origin of language planning

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby language planning

language acquisition device, language arts, language death, language isolate, language laboratory, language planning, language school, language transfer, language universal, langue, langue d'oc