Special issue: Language politics in Africa

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Title:	Special issue: Language politics in Africa
Editors:	Kriel, Mariana Loth, Chrismi Webb, Vic
Year:	2015
Periodical:	Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa (ISSN 1753-5395)
Volume:	46
Issue:	3
Pages:	118
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Oxford
Publisher:	Routledge
Geographic terms:	Africa Congo (Democratic Republic of) Ethiopia Malawi South Africa
Subjects:	language policy multilingualism Dutch language Venda language Oromo language
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rlms20/46/3
Abstract:	As has become customary, the third annual issue of 'Language Matters' deals with language politics in Africa. Contributions: From the Cape to the Congo and back: Afrikaners and Flemings in the struggle for Dutch in Africa (1874-1960) (Michael Meeuwis); The integration of English in Flemish versus African online peer group language: a comparative approach (Reinhild Vandekerckhove, Pol Cuvelier Benny de Decker); Mother-tongue education in Venda: an ethnolinguistic vitality critique (Eventhough Ndlovu); Bushman (San) cognates of Herero place-name elements (Peter Raper, Lucie Möller); From the Chichewa Board to the Centre for Language Studies: a critique of a Malawian Language Academy (Gregory Kamwendo); Conflict and controversy in the development of the Oromo language (Temesgen Sibilu, Lawrie Barnes). [ASC Leiden abstract]