Language Planning and Policy in Africa: Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa (Language Planning and Policy)

This volume covers the language situation in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous and have been participants in the language planning context. "This volume covers the language situation in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa, explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous and have been participants in the language planning context. Botswana, Malawi and Mozambique are not well represented in the international language policy/planning literature, while the South African section draws together the published literature in this area. The purpose of the volumes in this series is to present up-to-date information on polities that are not well-known to researchers in the field. A longer-range purpose is to collect comparable information on as many polities as possible in order to facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities that undertake the development of a national policy on languages. This volume is part of an areal series which is committed to providing descriptions of language planning and policy in countries around the world."--BOOK JACKET Contents......Page 6 Series Overview......Page 8 Language Policy and Planning in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa: Some Common Issues......Page 12 The Language Situation in Botswana......Page 28 The Language Planning Situation in Malawi......Page 86 The Language Situation in Mozambique......Page 157 The Language Planning Situation in South Africa......Page 204 Biographical Notes on Contributors......Page 289 This volume covers the language situation in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the language situation in the early 21st century Vol. 1. Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa