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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
©2002.
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| Colección: | Impact, studies in language and society ;
14. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Language planning institutions 95
- CHAPTER 4
- For the people, by the people: Language and state administration 99
- The general tasks of government 99
- Some features of a multilingual language policy and plan for state administration 103
- The process of language policy development for the Department of Labour 108
- The present state of language policy development in state administration 114
- The language policy proposals of two state departments 118
- Language policy at the provincial and local government level 122
- The cost of linguistic pluralism in state administration 129
- Conclusion: The need for a pro-active approach 132
- CHAPTER 5
- The power of one: Language and nation 137
- The problem of language and nation 138
- Factors in the equation 140
- The role of a national language in nation-building in South Africa 147
- Language and nation-building in South Africa 151
- Language rights 156
- The role of the school 164
- Language planning tasks 165.
- Conclusion 167
- CHAPTER 6
- Growing potential: Language in education 169
- A profile of education in South Africa 170
- A new education philosophy 172
- Language as a fundamental instrument in educational development 175
- The language of learning and teaching (LoL/T) issue 177
- The current language-in-education policy 177
- Present LoL/T practice 183
- The debate on LoL/T in South Africa 185
- How proficient are black learners in English? 187
- Is the use of a Bantu language as LoL/T not a better choice? 191
- The LoL/T debate at international level 192
- Research findings on the issue 194
- The need for local research 198
- Concluding remarks on the LoL/T issue 200
- Language certification requirements 202
- Language study 203
- The impact of sociolinguistic phenomena on educational development in South Africa 208
- CHAPTER 7
- Spreading the wealth: Language and economic development 217
- The interrelationship between language and economy 218.
- Language as a production factor 219
- Language as a consumption factor 222
- Language as a barrier to economic development in South Africa 225
- The Bantu languages and economic development 227
- Language planning for economic development in South Africa 232
- The need for research 237
- Conclusion 239
- CHAPTER 8
- Giving voice: Language promotion 243
- Introduction 243
- Planning for Afrikaans 244
- Planning for English 247
- Promoting the Bantu languages 249
- The basic requirement for effective language promotion 250
- A strategic analysis of the politics of the Bantu languages 251
- The contents of a language promotion programme 259
- Status planning 259
- Corpus planning 266
- The technicalisation of the Bantu languages 268
- Acquisition planning 277
- Conclusion 277
- CHAPTER 9
- Steering the course: Language management 281
- Introduction: A framework for management 281.
- Description of the institutions and structures for language management in South Africa 283
- A brief historical note 283
- Language management institutions in South Africa 286
- Legislative bodies 286
- State departments 287
- PANSALB 289
- A preliminary evaluation of language management in South Africa from the perspective of strategic management 300
- Planning 303
- Organisation 307
- Leading 309
- Control 310
- Conclusion 311.