An edition of Language in South Africa
(2002)
Language in South Africa
the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development
by Victor N. Webb
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Language planning, Language policy, Languages, Sociolinguistics, South africa, social conditionsPlaces
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1
Invisible voices: The problem of language in South Africa 5
Introduction 5
Language-related developmental problems 7
Language problems 25
The need for language planning 33
CHAPTER 2
Exploring the maze: The macro-context for language policy and language planning in South Africa 37
Theory of language planning 37
The macro-contexts of language planning 44
The national ideals 45
The reconstruction and development programme 46
The Constitution 48
Conclusion 60
CHAPTER 3
The nature of things: A sociolinguistic profile of South Africa 63
The socio-political context 65
Languages of the country 66
Language knowledge 77
Geographic distribution of the languages of South Africa 80
Demographic distribution 82
Language functions 83
Language status 83
Literacy 90
National communication 9o
Corpus development 91
Public functions and domains 92
Language planning institutions 95
CHAPTER 4
For the people, by the people: Language and state administration 99
The general tasks of government 99
Some features of a multilingual language policy and plan for state administration 103
The process of language policy development for the Department of Labour 108
The present state of language policy development in state administration 114
The language policy proposals of two state departments 118
Language policy at the provincial and local government level 122
The cost of linguistic pluralism in state administration 129
Conclusion: The need for a pro-active approach 132
CHAPTER 5
The power of one: Language and nation 137
The problem of language and nation 138
Factors in the equation 140
The role of a national language in nation-building in South Africa 147
Language and nation-building in South Africa 151
Language rights 156
The role of the school 164
Language planning tasks 165
Conclusion 167
CHAPTER 6
Growing potential: Language in education 169
A profile of education in South Africa 170
A new education philosophy 172
Language as a fundamental instrument in educational development 175
The language of learning and teaching (LoL/T) issue 177
The current language-in-education policy 177
Present LoL/T practice 183
The debate on LoL/T in South Africa 185
How proficient are black learners in English? 187
Is the use of a Bantu language as LoL/T not a better choice? 191
The LoL/T debate at international level 192
Research findings on the issue 194
The need for local research 198
Concluding remarks on the LoL/T issue 200
Language certification requirements 202
Language study 203
The impact of sociolinguistic phenomena on educational development in South Africa 208
CHAPTER 7
Spreading the wealth: Language and economic development 217
The interrelationship between language and economy 218
Language as a production factor 219
Language as a consumption factor 222
Language as a barrier to economic development in South Africa 225
The Bantu languages and economic development 227
Language planning for economic development in South Africa 232
The need for research 237
Conclusion 239
CHAPTER 8
Giving voice: Language promotion 243
Introduction 243
Planning for Afrikaans 244
Planning for English 247
Promoting the Bantu languages 249
The basic requirement for effective language promotion 250
A strategic analysis of the politics of the Bantu languages 251
The contents of a language promotion programme 259
Status planning 259
Corpus planning 266
The technicalisation of the Bantu languages 268
Acquisition planning 277
Conclusion 277
CHAPTER 9
Steering the course: Language management 281
Introduction: A framework for management 281
Description of the institutions and structures for language management in South Africa 283
A brief historical note 283
Language management institutions in South Africa 286
Legislative bodies 286
State departments 287
PANSALB 289
A preliminary evaluation of language management in South Africa from the perspective of strategic management 300
Planning 303
Organisation 307
Leading 309
Control 310
Conclusion 311.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-345) and index.
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