Contents 

Notes on Contributors 

vii 

Foreword 

xii 

Thomas Ricento 

1 Introduction: The Practice of Language Policy Research 

1 

Francis M. Hult and David Cassels Johnson 

Part I Fundamental Considerations 

7 

2 Selecting Appropriate Research Methods in LPP Research: 

Methodological Rich Points 

9 

Nancy H. Hornberger 

3 Researcher Positionality 

21 

Angel M.Y. Lin 

4 Ethical Considerations in Language Policy Research 

33 

Suresh Canagarajah and Phiona Stanley 

5 Language Policy and Political Theory 

45 

Stephen May 

6 Language and Law 

56 

Dimitry Kochenov and Fernand de Varennes 

Part II Methodological Approaches to Language Planning 

and Policy Research 

67 

7 Exploring Language Problems through Q‐Sorting 

69 

Joseph Lo Bianco 

8 Ethnography in Language Planning and Policy Research 

81 

Teresa L. McCarty 

9 Classroom Discourse Analysis as a Lens on Language‐in‐Education 

Policy Processes 

94 

Marilyn Martin‐Jonesvi 

Contents 

10 Applying Corpus Linguistics to Language Policy 

107 

Shannon Fitzsimmons‐Doolan 

11 The Economics of Language Policy: An Introduction to 

Evaluation Work 

118 

François Grin and François Vaillancourt 

12 Analyzing Language Policies in New Media 

130 

Helen Kelly‐Holmes 

13 Historical‐Structural Analysis 

140 

James W. Tollefson 

14 Interpretive Policy Analysis for Language Policy 

152 

Sarah Catherine K. Moore and Terrence G. Wiley 

15 Intertextuality and Language Policy 

166 

David Cassels Johnson 

16 Mapping Language Ideologies 

181 

Adnan Ajsic and Mary McGroarty 

17 Investigating Relationships between Language Attitudes 

and Policy Issues 

193 

Åsa Palviainen and Ari Huhta 

18 Using Census Data and Demography in Policy Analysis 

205 

Minglang Zhou 

19 Making Policy Connections across Scales Using Nexus Analysis 

217 

Francis M. Hult 

Public Engagement and the LPP Scholar 

233 

Appendix A Interacting with Schools and Communities 

235 

Rebecca Freeman Field 

Appendix B Participating in Policy Debates about Language 

240 

John R. Rickford 

Appendix C Interacting with Politicians and Policymakers 

244 

Lava D. Awasthi 

Appendix D Managing Media Appearances 

248 

Kendall A. King 

Index 

253