%0 Journal Article %T Introduction - language planning: where have we been? where might we be going? %A Baldauf Jr %A Richard B. %J Revista Brasileira de Lingu¨ªstica Aplicada %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1984-63982012000200002 %X this paper provides a brief overview of the development and state of language policy and planning and examines some of the directions that language planners have been taking to engage with issues of importance to their discipline. the papers in this volume of rbla are linked to the overview and the directions being taken by scholars in the field. %K language planning %K language policy %K history %K future directions %K theoretical frameworks %K review. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1984-63982012000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en