Handbook of Business Communication

Truchot’s (2009) concept of implicit language policies reminds us very much of what has been referred to here as bricolage. It is noteworthy that this kind of implicit language policy looks very similar to our own understanding of language practices as described and empirically captured by case studies in companies that employ participant observation (Lavric 2008b). In the case of explicit language policies, management intervenes in one direction or another, but the solutions adopted need not automatically become general rules for the future. An explicit and long-term language policy, according to Truchot (2009), is not necessarily better than bricolage, especially if it imposes English as a lingua franca. If anything, a well-reflected balance ...