ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book aims to develop superglossia as a concept that elucidates the complexity, dynamism and polycentricity of Indonesia’s linguistic ecology. It shows how languages in the domain of religion must be tackled in status planning to ensure that respect is paid to language communities such as the Hindus and the Muslims. The book explores how language-in-education policy appears as a result of the government’s observation of the changing sociolinguistic landscape that demonstrates an increased interest in Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin, although a similar practice is absent in terms of status planning. It explains how the status of Indonesian as a unifying language has been so ideologically obfuscated that it leads to the supremacy of Indonesian within Indonesia’s linguistic ecology. The book focuses on the symbolisation of Indonesian and the increase of literacy in the language.
