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

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Author / Creator:	Webb, Victor N.
Imprint:	Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 356 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language:	English
Series:	Impact, studies in language and society, 1385-7908 ; 14 Impact, studies in language and society ; 14.
Subject:	Language planning -- South Africa. Language policy -- South Africa. Sociolinguistics -- South Africa. Language and languages. Language planning. Language policy. Sociolinguistics. South Africa -- Languages. South Africa. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11145122

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ISBN:	9789027297631 9027297630 9027218498 9789027218490 158811189X 9027218498 9781588111890 9789027218490
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-345) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Webb, Victor N. Language in South Africa. Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2002

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