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Multilingualism And Nation Building

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Author : Gerda Mansour
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 1993

Multilingualism And Nation Building written by Gerda Mansour and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This book is interdisciplinary, drawing on the sociology and politics of language, African linguistics, African history and social history in general. It focuses on the various issues related to multilingualism in West Africa, but is also relevant to multilingual situations in Third World countries generally. Although the book is aimed at the educated general reader, it should also be of interest to language specialists and students of Third World politics.

Multilingualism And Nation Building

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Author : Gerda Mansour
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Release Date : 1993

Multilingualism And Nation Building written by Gerda Mansour and has been published by Multilingual Matters Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Family & Relationships categories.

The immediate concern of Multilingualism and Nation Building is to relate the phenomenon of multilingualism in West Africa to its historical, social and physical environment and to trace the development of the sociolinguistic situation from the Middle Ages to the colonial and post-colonial period. At a deeper, theoretical level the author attempts to show how the two types of communication -- monolingual and multilingual -- were associated with specific social formations in the course of socio-historical evolution. This perspective leads to a new evaluation of current sociolinguistic phenomena in independent African nations and examines their approach to the question of what role their native languages should play in national life. While concrete answers to this question have to be left to policy makers, it is the aim of this book to inquire into the linguistic, social and political issues which result in a variety of possible solutions. So far the decision to maintain a non-native official language and to exclude native languages from the public domain has been the preferred option in many newly independent countries. The author therefore analyses concrete examples of the two basic models of nation building -- the assimilationist (or monolingual) and the pluralist model -- and the conditions which made each of these solutions successful. What really is at stake is the fundamental question: what type of language policy for what type of nation?

Language Nation Building

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Author : Alis Puteh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Language Nation Building written by Alis Puteh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Education and state categories.

State Building And Multilingual Education In Africa

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Author : Ericka A. Albaugh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014

State Building And Multilingual Education In Africa written by Ericka A. Albaugh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Education and state categories.

This book explains why many governments in Africa are including African languages alongside European languages as media of instruction in elementary schools.

Language Education And Nation Building

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Author : P. Sercombe
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-09-02

Language Education And Nation Building written by P. Sercombe and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This volume tracks the complex relationships between language, education and nation-building in Southeast Asia, focusing on how language policies have been used by states and governments as instruments of control, assimilation and empowerment. Leading scholars have contributed chapters each representing one of the countries in the region.

Community And Communication

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Author : Sue Wright
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2000-01-01

Community And Communication written by Sue Wright and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This book considers the issue of language in the European Union. Without a community of communication, the EU must remain a trading association run in an autocratic way by bilingual patrician technocrats; with a community of communication, the European Union could develop democratic structures and legitimacy and give meaning to its policies of free movement. How to achieve that community of communication is the biggest challenge facing Europe today.

Competitive Nation Building In Timor Leste

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Author : Andre Borgerhoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012

Competitive Nation Building In Timor Leste written by Andre Borgerhoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Language policy categories.

Multilingualism And Government

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Author : Kas Deprez
language : en
Publisher: Van Schaik Publishers
Release Date : 2000

Multilingualism And Government written by Kas Deprez and has been published by Van Schaik Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Provides case studies on the way in which governments deal with societal multilingualism in countries such as Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the former Yugoslavia, in comparison with South Africa. This text focuses primarily on language policy and language legislation in these countries.

Bilingualism And National Development

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Author : Gary M. Jones
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Release Date : 1993

Bilingualism And National Development written by Gary M. Jones and has been published by Multilingual Matters Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

The majority of cases in this book lean towards those countries which view bilingualism as a positive, sometimes necessary, feature of national development.

Language Policy And Nation Building In Post Apartheid South Africa

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Author : Jon Orman
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-08-27

Language Policy And Nation Building In Post Apartheid South Africa written by Jon Orman and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

The preamble to the post-apartheid South African constitution states that ‘South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity’ and promises to ‘lay the foundations for a democratic and open society in which government is based on the will of the people and every citizen is equally protected by law’ and to ‘improve the quality of life of all citizens’. This would seem to commit the South African government to, amongst other things, the implementation of policies aimed at fostering a common sense of South African national identity, at societal dev- opment and at reducing of levels of social inequality. However, in the period of more than a decade that has now elapsed since the end of apartheid, there has been widespread discontent with regard to the degree of progress made in connection with the realisation of these constitutional aspirations. The ‘limits to liberation’ in the post-apartheid era has been a theme of much recent research in the ?elds of sociology and political theory (e. g. Luckham, 1998; Robins, 2005a). Linguists have also paid considerable attention to the South African situation with the realisation that many of the factors that have prevented, and are continuing to prevent, effective progress towards the achievement of these constitutional goals are linguistic in their origin.