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ERIC Number: EJ623306
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0379-0037
Discourse Constraints on Language Policy in South Africa.
Ridge, Stanley G. M.
Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, v25 n1-2 p7-25 Jan-Dec 1999
Explores the constraints imposed by certain common discourses on the development and implementation of language policy in South Africa. Analyzes a debate in the 1870s concerning the future language of South Africa, examines a series of popular articles from a daily newspaper to reveal traps of popular discourses, and scans official policy documents to show the unintended implications of the discourses within which they are framed. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Newspapers, Official Languages, Policy Formation, Public Policy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: South Africa
Note: Special issue: Applied Language Studies in Southern Africa.