Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Titel der Quelle:
Social Inclusion
Angaben zur Quelle:
5 (2017) 4 ; 29-37, Online-Ressource
DDC:
306.44
Abstract:
Abstract: Language planning and policy (LPP) in postcolonial island states is often strongly (co)determined by the former colonizer's state tradition. Comparable to the examples of the development of LPP in Cabo Verde (Baptista, Brito & Bangura, 2010), Haiti (DeGraff, 2016), and Mauritius (Johnson, 2006; Lallmahomed-Aumeerally, 2005), this article aims to illustrate and explain in what way the current situation of the dominance of Dutch in governance, law and education in Aruba (and Curaçao) can only be explained through path dependency and state tradition (Sonntag & Cardinal, 2015) in which, time and again, critical junctures, have not led to decisions that favour the mother tongue of the majority of the population (Dijkhoff & Pereira, 2010; Mijts, 2015; Prins-Winkel, 1973; Winkel, 1955). In this article, three perspectives on LPP in small island states are explored as different aspects of the continuation of the former colonizer's state tradition and language regime. The first part will fo
Note:
Veröffentlichungsversion
,
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
DOI:
10.17645/si.v5i4.1134
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019051617375053917155
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019051617375053917155
URL:
https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v5i4.1134
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