Language in South Africa : the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development
The title of this book indicates quite accurately what it wants to do: it wants to discuss the role which language, or more properly, languages, can perform in the reconstruction and development of South Africa. The approach followed in Language in South Africa (LiSA for short) is characterised by a number of features: (a) it wants to be factually based and (b) theoretically informed, yet (c) acknowledges that an ideological point of departure is inevitable in the present South African context
xxii, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
9781588111890, 9789027218490, 158811189X, 9027218498
49285315
Ch. 1. Invisible voices: The problem of language in South Africa
Ch. 2. Exploring the maze: The macro-context for language policy and language planning in South Africa
Ch. 3. The nature of things: A sociolinguistic profile of South Africa
Ch. 4. For the people, by the people: Language and state administration
Ch. 5. The power of one: Language and nation
Ch. 6. Growing potential: Language in education
Ch. 7. Spreading the wealth: Language and economic development
Ch. 8. Giving voice: Language promotion
Ch. 9. Steering the course: Language management