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The limitations of language and nationality as prime markers of African Diaspora identities in the State of Victoria
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Language and African Development: Theoretical Reflections on the Place of Languages in African Studies
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The Conundrums of Language Policy and Politics in South Africa and Zimbabwe
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This article reflects on and reinterprets South Africa’s documented human rights-inspired language policy and Zimbabwe’s assimilation�tolerance approach to language use. The overall intention is to expose and discuss the intolerant, undemocratic and homogenizing ideologies underpinning language policy in the two neighbouring southern African countries. The article spotlights the ceremonial ‘official language’ status of South Africa’s nine African languages and the ‘national language’ status of the Ndebele language in Zimbabwe. It is argued that contrary to rosy policy enunciations, actual patterns of language use and discursive practices of ruling political elites confer higher functional status to English and Afrikaans in South Africa and English and Shona in Zimbabwe. Therefore, as well as being firmly located and resident in political statements of the ruling elites, language policy ideologies are also hidden in the fissures and faultlines of official documents. The article concludes that the documented language policies of South Africa and Zimbabwe epitomize lofty ideals that are not consonant with actual patterns of language use mediated and legitimized by hegemonic discourses of ruling politicians.
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2004 Linguistics; 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language; African languages; Communication and Culture; language policy; language politics; political discourse; ResPubID14911; School of Communication and the Arts; South Africa; Zimbabwe
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URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/07268600701877499 https://vuir.vu.edu.au/3861/
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The Politics of Language and Nationality in Zimbabwe: Nation Building or Empire Building?
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Ndhlovu, Finex. - : African Language Association of Southern Africa, 2008
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