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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Orman, Jon
Titre(s) : Language policy and nation-building in post-apartheid South Africa [Texte électronique] / by Jon Orman
Titre d'ensemble : Springer eBooks
Publication : [Dordrecht, Netherlands] : Springer, cop. 2008
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Language policy ; 10
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-194) and index
The urgent need to forge an inclusive, multi-racial, multicultural South African national
identity has been one of the most dominant themes in post-Apartheid politics and society.
With the realisation that many of the social problems which beset contemporary South
African society are sociolinguistic in origin, the critical importance of language
policy and planning for democratic 'nation-building' becomes evident. This book adopts
a rigorous theoretical approach to the study of language policy and national identity,
both in a general sense and with specific application to the sociolinguistic situation
in South Africa. It also includes an entire chapter devoted to the issue of the status
and role of Afrikaans in the post-apartheid era. Employing a strictly multi-disciplinary
approach, the book draws on insights from a number of academic disciplines including
sociolinguistics, the sociology of language, sociology, social psychology, political
theory and social anthropology. The book will be of considerable interest to a wide
range of academic theorists and students whose work is either specifically concerned
with, or touches upon, issues of language policy and national identity, as well as
language planners and policymakers, language pedagogists and educational organisations,
both within South Africa and beyond
Sujet(s) : Politique linguistique -- Afrique du Sud
Nationalisme -- Afrique du Sud
Sociolinguistique -- Afrique du Sud
Afrikaners
Conditions sociales -- Afrique du Sud -- 1994-....
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781402088919
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446588007
Notice n° :
FRBNF44658800
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Table des matières : Key Concepts in the Study of Ethnic and National Identities ; Language Policy, Language
Planning and National Identity: Theoretical Perspectives ; Language Policy and Identity
Planning in South Africa: A Historical Overview ; Language Policy, Identity Conflict
and Nation-Building: The Case of Afrikaans ; Towards an Alternative, Inclusive Approach
to Language Policy and~National Integration for Post-Apartheid South Africa ; Conclusion.