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Peer reviewedFinlayson, Rosalie; Madiba, Mbulungeni – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2002
Discusses language intellectualization in South Africa with particular reference to the African languages. Provides an overview of the language situation in South Africa and discusses the new language policy of official multilingualism with special reference to the intellectualization of the indigenous languages of South Africa. (VWL)
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Language Planning
Peer reviewedKamwangamalu, Nkonko M. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2001
Examines the language planning situation in South Africa, where language has been instrumental in the country's transition from colonialism to apartheid to democracy. Addresses, diachronically and synchronically, the issues of language spread and use, language policy and planning, and language maintenance and shift. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Apartheid, Colonialism, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
