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Language planning and policy, law and (post)colonial relations in small Island States: a case study
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In: Social Inclusion ; 5 ; 4 ; 29-37 ; Multilingualism and Social Inclusion (2018)
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Abstract:
Language planning and policy (LPP) in postcolonial island states is often strongly (co)determined by the former colonizer's state tradition. Comparable to the examples of the development of LPP in Cabo Verde (Baptista, Brito & Bangura, 2010), Haiti (DeGraff, 2016), and Mauritius (Johnson, 2006; Lallmahomed-Aumeerally, 2005), this article aims to illustrate and explain in what way the current situation of the dominance of Dutch in governance, law and education in Aruba (and Curaçao) can only be explained through path dependency and state tradition (Sonntag & Cardinal, 2015) in which, time and again, critical junctures, have not led to decisions that favour the mother tongue of the majority of the population (Dijkhoff & Pereira, 2010; Mijts, 2015; Prins-Winkel, 1973; Winkel, 1955). In this article, three perspectives on LPP in small island states are explored as different aspects of the continuation of the former colonizer's state tradition and language regime. The first part will focus on the (non-)applicability of international treaties like the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) on the challenges of small island states. The point will be made that international treaties, like the ECRML, do not (currently) provide sufficient basis for the protection of languages in former colonial islands and for the empowerment of individuals through language rights. The second part explores the meaning of fundamental legal principles and specific demands, deduced from international treaties. The point will be made that the structure of the Kingdom of the Netherlands brings with it several limitations and obstacles for the autonomous development of LPP. The third part will focus on the way in which current Aruban legislation reflects the dominance of Dutch in governance, the judiciary and education. While bearing in mind that choices for legislation on language for governance, the judiciary and education are rooted in very diverse principles, a critical reading of existing legislation reveals an interesting dynamic of symbolic inclusive legislation and exclusive practices through language restrictions that favour the Dutch minority language. Recent research, however, demonstrates that law/policy and practice are not aligned, as such creating an incoherent situation that may call for a change in legislation and policy.
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Anthropologie; Bevölkerung; Kommunikationssoziologie; language policy; law; Minderheit; minority; Netherlands; Niederlande; planning; Planung; population; post-colonial society; postkoloniale Gesellschaft; Recht; Sociolinguistics; Sociology & anthropology; Sociology of Communication; Sociology of Language; Soziolinguistik; Soziologie; Sprachenpolitik; Sprachsoziologie; Tradition
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URL: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v5i4.1134 https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/55472 https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/1134
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Politics of multilingualism in Roma education in early Soviet Union and its current projections
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In: Social Inclusion ; 5 ; 4 ; 48-59 ; Multilingualism and social inclusion (2018)
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Sustainability and ethnic peace discourse: in search for synergies from bringing together discourses on intercultural communication and on global sustainability
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In: ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies ; 10 ; 1 ; 215-235 ; Rhetoric and Peace at Crossroads: Public and Civic Discourse, Culture and Communication Perspectives (2018)
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Vereinfachung oder Verflachung? Politische Kommunikation auf und mit Twitter aus Sicht politisch interessierter Nutzerinnen und Nutzer
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In: Neue Komplexitäten für Kommunikationsforschung und Medienanalyse: Analytische Zugänge und empirische Studien ; 4 ; Digital Communication Research ; 183-204 (2018)
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The implementation of the modal meanings of the verb "should" in the context
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In: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences ; 64 ; 81-86 (2018)
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La prensa de confrontación en la Argentina del primer kirchnerismo (2003-2007): gramáticas coyunturales y gramáticas político-ideológicas
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In: Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales ; 62 ; 231 ; 305-333 (2018)
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Transgressing power and identity re-formation in Martin Amis's money
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In: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences ; 70 ; 44-52 (2018)
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Multilingualism and social inclusion
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In: Social Inclusion ; 5 ; 4 ; 1-4 ; Multilingualism and Social Inclusion (2018)
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Mobilkommunikation in Werbebildern: Kommunikations- und Mediengeschichte zwischen Komplexität und Vereinfachung
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In: Neue Komplexitäten für Kommunikationsforschung und Medienanalyse: Analytische Zugänge und empirische Studien ; 4 ; Digital Communication Research ; 99-136 (2018)
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Viralität als Sonderfall: über Selfies, Serialität und die Wahrscheinlichkeit der Kommunikation im Social Web
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In: kommunikation @ gesellschaft ; 19 ; Originalität und Viralität von (Internet-)Memes (2018)
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Lenguaje y comunicación
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In: Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales ; 44 ; 179 ; 139-152 (2018)
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Antecedentes teóricos de la etnometodología y el interaccionismo simbólico
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In: Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales ; 43 ; 174 ; 39-60 (2018)
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Überlegungen zu einer textuellen Definition von Internet-Memes
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In: kommunikation @ gesellschaft ; 19 ; 10 ; Originalität und Viralität von (Internet-)Memes (2018)
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A comparative study on objectives and components of writing skill in national curriculum of Iran and America (New Jersey) at high school
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In: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences ; 70 ; 70-80 (2018)
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Lenguaje y medios: sociedad civil, espacio público, la palabra castigada
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In: Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales ; 44 ; 179 ; 153-171 (2018)
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Some translation peculiarities of economic texts (on the basis of economic texts translation form english into ukrainian)
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In: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences ; 64 ; 162-165 (2018)
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From Romanian "soul" to english "heart": dilemmas of cultural and gender representation in translating qualitative data
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In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research ; 19 ; 2 ; 18 (2018)
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The effect of semantic clustering on the acquisition of quantitative and qualitative knowledge of vocabulary
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In: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences ; 50 ; 1-12 (2018)
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Fostering social inclusion through multilingual habitus in Estonia: a case study of the open school of Kalamaja and the Sakala Private School
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In: Social Inclusion ; 5 ; 4 ; 98-107 ; Multilingualism and social inclusion (2018)
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Beyond the nation-state?: the ideology of the Esperanto movement between neutralism and multilingualism
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In: Social Inclusion ; 5 ; 4 ; 38-47 ; Multilingualism and social inclusion (2018)
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