Africa
Language Planning and Language Policies in some selected West African Countries
Rakissouiligri Mathieu OUEDRAOGO, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
The extensive paper of Ouedraogo examines the issue of African languages related with development. The author believes that African languages (spoken by the majority of the population) have an important role in development – in sector like health, agriculture, governance, trade, population control, environmental improvement and the elimination of poverty. This happens because those languages allow a full participation of the people and they can understand better and try to control the knowledge and skills required for development.
Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001228/122877eo.pdf
Linguistic Diversity and Language Planning in Modern Africa
By Matthew Johnson, Africa in International Politics, Professor Najim Animashaun
The author focuses in the political distribution of different languages in African states and analyses some practical cases, like Nigeria, which was divided into four regions for administrative purposes of the British colonization and like other regions, which have a lack of a written record and this situation led to the implementation of English as the operative language.
Link: http://72.14.209.104/search?=cache:LOE__eYUX8MJ:damnsw.net/~matt/pdf/africa.pdf+Language+planning+in+post-colonial+countries&hl=pt-BR&gl=br&ct=clnk&cd=12
Language as a Resource: an African Perspective
Prof Ayo Bamgbose, University of Ibadan, Nigeria & University of Leipzig, Germany
The main issue of the text is that language is not only a communicative function but has also a social and political dimension, “I intend to show that the role of language in society and in nation-building cannot be narrowly limited to its communicative function”. He works with the concept of “language as a resource” – popularized in the "planning" model of language planning: from this point of view, a language is saw as a commodity and the police makers reflect about it in terms of strictly economic grounds. From this base, the author discusses the importance of having a broader dimension in the issue of language planning. There is a very good bibliography.
Link: http://www.up.ac.za/academic/libarts/crpl/1998-03-05-Bamgbose.pdf
The Contribution of PANSALB in the Promotion of the African Languages in South Africa
By Cynthia Marivate, Chief Executive Officer, Pan South African Language Board
The Pan South African Language Board was created through an Act in 1995 and has a role to promote and develop previously marginalised languages. The article explains the targets of the Board, providing for the creation of an enabling environment for the development of South African languages. Marivate makes a strong critic against the absent of governmental support and the conduction of multicultural policies in SA.
Link: http://www.up.ac.za/academic/libarts/crpl/1998-03-05-Marivate.pdf
Reflections on Language Policy in African Countries with Portuguese as an Official Language
By Mário Vilela, Porto University, Portugal
The paper makes a retrospective about the historical aspects, which contributes to establish Portuguese as the official language in African countries. He emphasizes that the process of establishment an official language must consider the multicultural nature of the continent. The author provides for an extensive list of bibliography about the theme.
Link: http://www.multilingual-matters.net/cilp/003/0306/cilp0030306.pdf
Rakissouiligri Mathieu OUEDRAOGO, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
The extensive paper of Ouedraogo examines the issue of African languages related with development. The author believes that African languages (spoken by the majority of the population) have an important role in development – in sector like health, agriculture, governance, trade, population control, environmental improvement and the elimination of poverty. This happens because those languages allow a full participation of the people and they can understand better and try to control the knowledge and skills required for development.
Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001228/122877eo.pdf
Linguistic Diversity and Language Planning in Modern Africa
By Matthew Johnson, Africa in International Politics, Professor Najim Animashaun
The author focuses in the political distribution of different languages in African states and analyses some practical cases, like Nigeria, which was divided into four regions for administrative purposes of the British colonization and like other regions, which have a lack of a written record and this situation led to the implementation of English as the operative language.
Link: http://72.14.209.104/search?=cache:LOE__eYUX8MJ:damnsw.net/~matt/pdf/africa.pdf+Language+planning+in+post-colonial+countries&hl=pt-BR&gl=br&ct=clnk&cd=12
Language as a Resource: an African Perspective
Prof Ayo Bamgbose, University of Ibadan, Nigeria & University of Leipzig, Germany
The main issue of the text is that language is not only a communicative function but has also a social and political dimension, “I intend to show that the role of language in society and in nation-building cannot be narrowly limited to its communicative function”. He works with the concept of “language as a resource” – popularized in the "planning" model of language planning: from this point of view, a language is saw as a commodity and the police makers reflect about it in terms of strictly economic grounds. From this base, the author discusses the importance of having a broader dimension in the issue of language planning. There is a very good bibliography.
Link: http://www.up.ac.za/academic/libarts/crpl/1998-03-05-Bamgbose.pdf
The Contribution of PANSALB in the Promotion of the African Languages in South Africa
By Cynthia Marivate, Chief Executive Officer, Pan South African Language Board
The Pan South African Language Board was created through an Act in 1995 and has a role to promote and develop previously marginalised languages. The article explains the targets of the Board, providing for the creation of an enabling environment for the development of South African languages. Marivate makes a strong critic against the absent of governmental support and the conduction of multicultural policies in SA.
Link: http://www.up.ac.za/academic/libarts/crpl/1998-03-05-Marivate.pdf
Reflections on Language Policy in African Countries with Portuguese as an Official Language
By Mário Vilela, Porto University, Portugal
The paper makes a retrospective about the historical aspects, which contributes to establish Portuguese as the official language in African countries. He emphasizes that the process of establishment an official language must consider the multicultural nature of the continent. The author provides for an extensive list of bibliography about the theme.
Link: http://www.multilingual-matters.net/cilp/003/0306/cilp0030306.pdf
The English language and social inequality: Towards a re-evaluation of the role of English in Mauritius
Satish Kumar Mahadeo, Faculty of Social Studies & Humanities, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
The paper discusses the role of English language as an agent implicated in the social and economic mechanisms and its relation with structure inequality in Mauritius – English is regarded as a language of prestige. The author points up the difficulties of language planning decisions, which will be applicable for the whole population in a postcolonial and multilingual society.
Link: http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/users/tle/JOURNAL/Articles/Mahadeo/Mahadeo2.html
Satish Kumar Mahadeo, Faculty of Social Studies & Humanities, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
The paper discusses the role of English language as an agent implicated in the social and economic mechanisms and its relation with structure inequality in Mauritius – English is regarded as a language of prestige. The author points up the difficulties of language planning decisions, which will be applicable for the whole population in a postcolonial and multilingual society.
Link: http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/users/tle/JOURNAL/Articles/Mahadeo/Mahadeo2.html
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