Journal of Language Planning is an important journal on the subject of language planning, presenting research findings in the fields of language policy and language planning theory, language standardization, international organizations and country-specific language policy, world language education, language planning in different dynasties in the Chinese history, language life and language ecology, etc. The purpose is to provide a platform for academic communication and sharing among experts and scholars studying social linguistics and language planning, etc. 

 

The Issue No. 3 of Journal of Language Planning consists of 8 articles on language planning, covering 3 aspects, i.e., language standardization, language life and ecology, and language education planning. It focuses on and makes a profound probe into issues such as the origin of modern standard Chinese, Standard Common Writing in Taiwan, the Speaking Matching Writing Movement, historical buzzwords from the newspaper corpus after World War II, language of print advertising, lesser-used languages education, literacy education policy and other issues. 

Li Yuming, professor of BLCU, is a standing director of the Chinese Linguistics Society, president of the Language Policy and Planning Board, and vice president of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics. Other positions Mr. Li once held include the deputy director of the State Language Commission, head of the Department of Language Information Administration of the Ministry of Education, and director of the Institute of Applied Linguistics of the Ministry of Education. Mr. Li has won many important awards and titles, including a special government allowance from the State Council, a national Labor Day medal, and a “2013 Distinguished Chinese Visiting Scholar” title from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Li’s major research interests focus on theoretical linguistics, syntax, psychological linguistics, and language planning. He has published more than 20 books, including Development of Child Language, On the Quantity Category in Chinese, A Catalogue of Grammar Studies, and Language Planning in China, as well as over 430 academic papers, which have been translated into Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, Japanese, French, English, Russian and other languages. He is also the chief editor of A Global Chinese Dictionary and a co-editor of The Language Situation in China (Vol. 1-3), published by The Commercial Press in association with De Gruyter of Germany. Mr. Li is now the host of several state-funded projects, including the compilation of Dictionary of Global Chinese and “Research on Language Standardization in the New Era”.

It provide a platform for academic communication and sharing among experts, scholars, teachers and postgraduates studying social linguistics, language policy and language planning, etc.