Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa

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...

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Main Author: Orman, Jon. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
Series:Language Policy, 10
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505 0 # |a Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Key concepts in the study of ethnic and national identities -- 3. Language policy, language planning and national identity: theoretical perspectives -- 4. Language policy and identity planning in South Africa: a historical overview -- 5.Language policy, identity conflict and nation-building: the case of Afrikaans -- 6. Towards an alternative, inclusive approach to language policy and national integration for post-apartheid South Africa -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Name index -- Subject index. 
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