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Language policy is one of the tools used by governments or organizations to manage the linguistic activities of human society. Linguistic landscapes are the visual language that appears in public spaces, such as billboards. Therefore, linguistic landscapes are also managed by language policy. In this paper, the relationship between language policy and linguistic landscapes is discussed. It was found that China's language policy has detailed regulations for the use of foreign languages that appear in public spaces. In Japan, the national language is not clearly defined at the legal level. In addition, the guidelines for the use of foreign languages in public spaces are only proposed by the Japan Tourism Agency. And, from the actual survey, although both China and Japan have relevant regulations or guidelines, there are many examples of the reality that the linguistic landscapes are not consistent with the language policy., 陶徳民教授古稀記念号

論文, Multilingualism has become increasingly common in modern society. Development of language ability can occur at any age, however, the reason for acquiring multiple languages can vary. The current study focuses on the language development of a group of adult multilinguals, and how they came to acquire multiple languages, as well as their use of languages throughout their life and in their current daily life. The results suggest that it is possible for language to be acquired at any age and used as a primary daily language or workplace language, as long as the context for using the language is valued or of great importance to the language user., 多言語主義は現代社会で益々一般的になっている。言語能力の発達はどの年齢でも起こり得るが、多言語を習得する理由は様々である。この研究では多言語を話すことができる成人のグループにおける言語発達、彼らのこれまでの人生と現在の日常生活における言語の使用、そして彼らがどのようにして多言語を習得するに至ったのかに焦点をあてる。この研究の結果から言語を使用する文脈に価値が置かれている、または言語を使用する者にとって非常に重要である限り、言語はあらゆる年齢で習得され、主要な日常言語または職場での言語として使用されることが可能であるということが示唆された。