Language in South Africa: The role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and developmentLanguage 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. |
Contents
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Exploring the maze | 37 |
The nature of things | 63 |
For the people by the people | 99 |
The power of one | 137 |
Growing potential | 169 |
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Afrikaans Afrikaans and English Afrikaans-speaking Apartheid Atteridgeville attitudes Bantu languages benefits black South Africans Cape Chapter citizens communication conflict constitution context country’s cultural DACST definition Department difficult discussed domains economic effective ethnic ex-colonial languages example Fanagalo final findings first language functions Gauteng guage home language Human Sciences Research identity implementation institutions issue Khoe-San knowledge Language Board language in South language management language planning language policy language policy development language proficiency language promotion language rights language teaching language-in-education learners linguistic literacy meaningful means ment multilingualism nation-building national language Ndebele norms official languages oflanguage ofthe organisations PANSALB Pedi political problems programmes province reflect regarding Sesotho significant skills social society sociolinguistic Sotho Sotho languages South Africa South African languages speakers specific standardisation Table task technicalisation tion Tsonga Tswana University of Pretoria Venda Webb Western Cape workplace Xhosa Zulu