Ch.+31+by+William+Eggington

**William G. Eggington**
Unplanned language planning plays an important role in a language planning process. Kaplan and Baldauf (1997) suggest that unplanned language planning may involve language modification affected by accident or by shared set of laissez-faire (non-interference) attitudes toward a language situation or by an ad hoc (unplanned) solution to an immediate problem. Hence, Kaplan and Baldauf (1997) and Baldauf (1994) suggest a 4 reasons that a formal language planning activity needs to consider unplanned language planning activities: When language planners attempt to develop and implement a formal language plan, unplanned language planning activities in the society need to be considered. However, there are reasons that “unplanning” occurs. Thus, the definition of unplanned language planning may include an ideological component that suggests that matters involving language issues in society do not jump from the language ecosystem. **An Overview of Ideologies in Unplanned Language Planning** There are two overlapping categories that reveal the ideological nature of unplanning in language planning: //unplanned language planning in social engineering planning and unplanned language planning in conducted by non-specialists.// Space does not permit an extensive elaboration in these two types of unplanned language planning but they occur at the national level, the state and regional level, local level and the site-specific level.
 * Planned and unplanned language planning attempts can co-exist in a symbolic relationship
 * The existence or nonexistence of unplanned language planning can offer vital information and allow the language planner to consider the social and language related factors.
 * The relationship between planned and unplanned language planning and social power and control are such that any formal language needs to consider the power relationships in all the unplanned language planning activities in the society.
 * The almost universal language competency that human beings share seems to give most people all the authority they need to become involved in language planning activities.