Abstract
The last couple of decades have brought a significant increase in personal movement from and to Poland. In consequence, it is very probable that the issues of linguistic diversity and linguistic inclusion more and more frequently will become subjects of multi-level and multi-institutional discussion reshaping the Polish public sphere. It is a matter of consideration which institutions will take leading positions in this debate, formulating main narratives and polemics. However, answering its advisory and opinion-making responsibilities, the Polish Language Council may be expected as one among the crucial actors in this discourse. The article presents pivotal attitudes of the Council’s members referring to the problem of linguistic diversity and linguistic inclusion in Poland. The presentation of the sources is combined with endeavours to answer the question: Do these materials allow considering the Council as a strong candidate for an essential designer of incoming public debate on linguistic diversity and linguistic inclusion in Poland? The research is conducted concerning the main assumptions of Joshua Fishman’s (1997) sociology of language and Harold Schiffman’s (2006) analysis of language policies as parts of linguistic cultures. Moreover, the methodological foundation of the text is supported by a general theoretical framework of historical institutionalism, and finally by Peter M. Haas’s conceptualisation of 'epistemic community.'
Highlights
Public debates on linguistic diversity and linguistic inclusion in the context of migration flows are a frequent subject of research
The article approaches selected views delivered by members of an institution obliged by law to participate in the process of conceptualising Polish language policy, i.e., the Polish Language Council
The survey referred to selected issues of Polish language policy, containing: questions of defining language policy, questions of status and the Polish language prospects, questions concerning European aspects of Polish language policy, and questions of linguistic transformations and challenges associated with intense migration flows to and from Poland
Summary
Public debates on linguistic diversity and linguistic inclusion in the context of migration flows are a frequent subject of research. The article approaches selected views delivered by members of an institution obliged by law to participate in the process of conceptualising Polish language policy, i.e., the Polish Language Council Their opinions are related to linguistic diversity and linguistic inclusion in the conditions of increased migration from and to Poland. The main research problem of the article emerges It can be expressed as follows: Do the attitudes of the Council’s members allow predicting it as a crucial designer of incoming public debate on linguistic diversity and linguistic inclusion in Poland?. The fourth section creates the central part of the article, providing the description and evaluation of the most quoted and opinion-making publications delivered by the Council’s members concerning linguistic diversity and linguistic inclusion in the Polish environment. A careful estimation is made about the Council’s future position in Polish public discourses concerning linguistic diversity and linguistic inclusion
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