In linguistics, language classifi cation is the main subject of comparative linguistics as well as that of sociolinguistics or the sociology of language. Comparative linguistics deals with language classifi cation within the internal context of language evolution, while sociolinguistics examines it from the external context of language development. From the perspective of sociolinguistics,this paper examines three worldviews, large language ideology, small language ideology, and equal language ideology,within the framework of language ideology and order, evaluates the respective impact of large and small language ideologies on language classifi cation and nation-state building in Europe, and explores the relationship between equal language ideology and language recognition during the current cycle of globalization. It stresses that language classification is a linguistic issue as well as a social and humanitarian issue. A proper treatment of language classifi cation and recognition in LPLP is essential to a harmonious
national development.
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