ISBN:
9781402088919
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Language policy 10
Series Statement:
EBL-Schweitzer
Series Statement:
Language policy
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Orman, Jon Language policy and nation-building in post-apartheid South Africa
Parallel Title:
Druckausg.: Orman, Jon Language policy and nation-building in post-apartheid South Africa
DDC:
306.44968
Keywords:
Language policy
;
Nationalism
;
South Africa Social conditions
;
1994-
;
Electronic books
;
Südafrika
;
Sprachpolitik
;
Politischer Wandel
;
Geschichte 1993-2007
Abstract:
Introduction; 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
Abstract:
The need to forge an inclusive, multi-racial, multicultural South African national identity has been one of the dominant themes in post-Apartheid politics and society. This book adopts a theoretical approach to the study of language policy and national identity, in a general sense and with application to sociolinguistic situation in South Africa
Note:
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