South Africa Language Policy Development

 AFRICA, AFRICA COUNTRIES, EDUCATION, Language Policy, LINGUISTICS, PAPERS and REPORTS, South Africa
Jul 052009
 

This paper on language policy in South Africa is available free in pdf format from the University of Pretoria.

Critical overview of language policy

LANGUAGE POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA
V. N. Webb
Centre for Research in the Politics of Language
University of Pretoria
The aim of this paper is to present a critical overview of language policy development in South Africa. Three issues will be discussed: the current state of language policy development in South Africa; the challenges and tasks of language planning in the country; and an evaluation of the process of language policy development.

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