Abstrakt
Interests and power have been long acknowledged as important factors in various approaches in Language Policy and Planning (LPP). Despite this fact, they have been devoted little focused attention compared to other factors such as motivation in or goals of LPP.
Though the foundational paper of LMT published by B. H.
Jernudd and J. V.
Neustupný in 1987, entitled "Language planning: for whom?", was devoted to the issue of interests, this topic has not been taken up and elaborated upon even in this LPP research tradition. The aim of this symposium, therefore, was to focus on the themes of interests and power and discuss their role and use in language management.