Language Policy and National Unity in South Africa/Azania - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language Policy and National Unity in South Africa/Azania write by Neville Alexander. This book was released on 1989. Language Policy and National Unity in South Africa/Azania available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Language in South Africa
Language in South Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language in South Africa write by Victor Webb. This book was released on 2002-08-08. Language in South Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Language in South Africa (LiSA) debates the role of language and language planning in the reconstruction, development and transformation of post-apartheid democratic South Africa. The 1996 constitution of South Africa is founded on the political philosophy of pluralism and is directed at promoting democratic values, equity and non-discrimination, human rights, national unity and the development of all the country’s communities. The question asked in LiSA is how language planning can contribute towards the attainment of these national ideals. Set against the language political realities of the country — the a-symmetric power relations between the languages; the striking differences in the structural; functional and symbolic adaptation of the official languages; and the many language-related problems in the country — it debates the role of language in state administration, national integration, educational development and economic development. The volume concludes with a discussion of language development and language management.
Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa write by Jon Orman. This book was released on 2008-08-27. Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The preamble to the post-apartheid South African constitution states that ‘South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity’ and promises to ‘lay the foundations for a democratic and open society in which government is based on the will of the people and every citizen is equally protected by law’ and to ‘improve the quality of life of all citizens’. This would seem to commit the South African government to, amongst other things, the implementation of policies aimed at fostering a common sense of South African national identity, at societal dev- opment and at reducing of levels of social inequality. However, in the period of more than a decade that has now elapsed since the end of apartheid, there has been widespread discontent with regard to the degree of progress made in connection with the realisation of these constitutional aspirations. The ‘limits to liberation’ in the post-apartheid era has been a theme of much recent research in the ?elds of sociology and political theory (e. g. Luckham, 1998; Robins, 2005a). Linguists have also paid considerable attention to the South African situation with the realisation that many of the factors that have prevented, and are continuing to prevent, effective progress towards the achievement of these constitutional goals are linguistic in their origin.
Language Policy
Language Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language Policy write by D. Johnson. This book was released on 2013-07-29. Language Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A detailed overview of the theories, concepts, research methods, and findings in the field of language policy is provided here in one accessible source. The author proposes new methodological, theoretical, and conceptual directions and offers guidance for doing language policy research.
Language and Exclusion
Language and Exclusion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language and Exclusion write by Ayọ Bamgboṣe. This book was released on 2000. Language and Exclusion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Language is a critical factor in nation-building, and in a continent such as Africa, where language groups do not necessarily correspond with national boundaries, it is potentially contentious as well. Ayo Bamgbose's new book focuses on the problem of language exclusion, whereby certain languages -- and groups -- are omitted from language policies, particularly in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Originally based on a series of lectures given in South Africa, the individual chapters largely preserve the original style of presentation. Consequently, the book is readable, and a valuable introduction to some of the more important issues in African sociolinguistics. The book makes special reference to the language situation in post-apartheid South Africa. The appendices provide access to some of the most important documents on language policies such as the Organization of African Unity's Language Plan of Action For Africa (1986), the language provisions in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of South Africa (1996), and the Barcelona Universal Declaration on Linguistics Rights.
