TY - BOOK ID - 38376606 TI - Language policy and nation-building in post-apartheid South Africa PY - 2008 VL - 10 SN - 9781402088919 1402088906 9781402088902 1402088914 904818018X PB - [Dordrecht] : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Linguistics KW - sociolinguïstiek KW - African languages KW - talenonderwijs KW - Ethnology. Cultural anthropology KW - culturele antropologie KW - Sociolinguistics KW - onderwijspolitiek KW - Afrikaans KW - School management KW - linguïstiek KW - Didactics of languages KW - Language policy KW - Nationalism KW - Politique linguistique KW - Nationalisme KW - South Africa KW - Afrique du Sud KW - Social conditions KW - Conditions sociales KW - EPUB-LIV-FT LIVHUMAI SPRINGER-B KW - Sociolinguistics. KW - Language and languages. KW - African Languages. KW - Applied linguistics. KW - Culture-Study and teaching. KW - Educational Policy and Politics. KW - Language Education. KW - Applied Linguistics. KW - Regional and Cultural Studies. KW - Foreign languages KW - Languages KW - Anthropology KW - Communication KW - Ethnology KW - Information theory KW - Meaning (Psychology) KW - Philology KW - Language and languages KW - Language and society KW - Society and language KW - Sociology of language KW - Language and culture KW - Sociology KW - Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) KW - Social aspects KW - Sociological aspects KW - Culture KW - Study and teaching. KW - Cultural studies KW - Educational policy. KW - Education and state. KW - Language and education. KW - African languages. KW - Culture—Study and teaching. KW - Educational linguistics KW - Education KW - Education policy KW - Educational policy KW - State and education KW - Social policy KW - Endowment of research KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:38376606 AB - The urgent need to forge an inclusive, multi-racial, multicultural South African national identity has been one of the most dominant themes in post-Apartheid politics and society. With the realisation that many of the social problems which beset contemporary South African society are sociolinguistic in origin, the critical importance of language policy and planning for democratic ‘nation-building’ becomes evident. This book adopts a rigorous theoretical approach to the study of language policy and national identity, both in a general sense and with specific application to the sociolinguistic situation in South Africa. It also includes an entire chapter devoted to the issue of the status and role of Afrikaans in the post-apartheid era. Employing a strictly multi-disciplinary approach, the book draws on insights from a number of academic disciplines including sociolinguistics, the sociology of language, sociology, social psychology, political theory and social anthropology. The book will be of considerable interest to a wide range of academic theorists and students whose work is either specifically concerned with, or touches upon, issues of language policy and national identity, as well as language planners and policymakers, language pedagogists and educational organisations, both within South Africa and beyond. ER -