Interests and Power in Language Management

0558482 - ÚJČ 2023 RIV DE eng M - Monography Chapter
Kopecký, Jakub
Divergent interests and argumentation in Czech Language Consulting Center interactions.
Interests and Power in Language Management. Berlin: Peter Lang, 2022 - (Nekula, M.; Sherman, T.; Zawiszová, H.), s. 73-99. Prague Papers on Language, Society and Interaction, 6. ISBN 978-3-631-86061-8
R&D Projects: GA MK(CZ) DG16P02B009
Keywords : language management * Language Consulting Center * language cultivation * interest * argumentation * language ideology * linguistic authority
OECD category: Linguistics
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This chapter examines phone interactions between language users and the Language Consulting Center (LCC) of the Czech Language Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences within the framework of Language Management Theory. Language consulting interactions are considered to be part of a complex process of language management, consisting both of micro and macro management. I focus on cases of diverging interests in LCC interactions, i.e., on instances of disagreement, opposing standpoints or even conflicts between the inquirer and the LCC linguist. The chapter investigates and describes different interests of the interactants, causes and forms of their divergence, ways of solving subsequent disputes and their various outcomes. In these conflicting exchanges, argumentation plays a very important role due to its problem-solving capacity. In connection with the persuasion process, I devote attention to the language ideologies advocated by linguists and inquirers, particularly with regard to the extent to which they coincide or differ. These ideologies have a significant influence on the content of argumentation as well as on the overall course of these conversations. I also discuss the type and degree of authority the inquirers ascribe to the LCC. This authority is continually negotiated during the consulting process and the acceptability of LCC’s arguments plays a decisive role in it.
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