The language policy discourses of Luxembourg and the German-speaking Community of Belgium (GC) exhibit fundamental differences, yet interesting similarities that so far have not been subject to a discourse analysis from a mixed framework of linguistic anthropology and discourse linguistics (Diskurslinguistik). On the basis of a corpus consisting of current language policy texts and semi-structured interviews with key actors involved in current policy design and implementation, this research aims to answer the question regarding the interplay of ideology and discourse in the design and implementation of the language policy of Luxembourg and the GC. The bulk of the analysis is made up of three layers for each case. Starting point of the analysis is a historical overview that identifies ideologies and language policy discourses that emerged, predominated, and transformed from the 19th century until the 21st century in each case. The second layer is a discourse analysis of current language policy texts with a focus on the ideologies informing current discourses about Luxembourgish in Luxembourg and German in the GC. Finally, the third layer is a discourse analysis of interview extracts with equal focus on ideologies. Through a combined thematic and discourse analysis based on the social semiotics of language, this research provides a description of the discursive patterns of the linguistic structure of passages of each text and interview with the aim of linking these patterns to the identified ideologies that inform the policy discourses. It was found that the connecting node between Luxembourg and the GC lies in the tension between the two themes of standardization and multilingualism. It is shown that standardization and multilingualism are thematic centers from which discourses about language, identity, and nation emanate in these two cases. Through the combination of the historical overview and the meticulous analysis of discursive patterns identified in the linguistic structure of language policy texts and ...