Language in South Africa : the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development /

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 d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Webb, Victor N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2002.
Colección:Impact, studies in language and society ; 14.
Temas:
Language planning > South Africa.
Language policy > South Africa.
Sociolinguistics > South Africa.
Aménagement linguistique > Afrique du Sud.
Sociolinguistique > Afrique du Sud.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages.
Language planning.
Language policy.
Sociolinguistics.
Taalpolitiek.
South Africa > Languages.
Afrique du Sud > Langues.
South Africa.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 356 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-345) and index.
ISBN:9789027297631
9027297630
9027218498
9789027218490
ISSN:1385-7908 ;

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