Majority and minority languages in South Africa.

Autor/in	Neville, Alexander
Titel	Majority and minority languages in South Africa.
Quelle	Aus: The other languages of Europe. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters (2001) S. 355-369Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 9; Tabellen 2
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Begriff; Soziolinguistik; Sprache; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachverhalten; Sprachpolitik; Funktionaler Analphabetismus; Internationaler Vergleich; Status; Minderheit; Südafrika (Staat)
Abstract	As an object of comparison concerning, the challenge posed by language issues in the European Union, the post-apartheid Republic of South Africa is useful both because there are generic similarities between the language situation there and in Europe and because the two situations are so very different. The essay begins with conceptual and terminological questions concerning the approach to terms like majority and minority languages. There has been constructed a simple typology consisting of a gradient of three categories, i. e. 'high- status', 'low-status', and ' endangered' languages. The main reason for this approach and for the explicit avoidance of the terminology of ' majority' and 'minority' languages is political and ideological.... The languages are viewed within a historical perspective, which involves centrally colonial conquest, racial and other forms of domination, including linguistic discrimination. The following section shows demolinguistic profiles and their representation in the media. Then the author reflects the sociolinguistic status of South Africa's languages, the language situation in education, and finally, prospects for the future. (DIPF/orig./St.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2003_(CD)