The centralization and racialization of language policy: implications for the ‘below'

Khetoa, Soyiso; Aiseng, Kealeboga; Theledi, Kgomotso; Motinyane, Mantoa

Title: The centralization and racialization of language policy: implications for the ‘below'
Creator: Khetoa, Soyiso
Creator: Aiseng, Kealeboga
Creator: Theledi, Kgomotso
Creator: Motinyane, Mantoa
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2024
Date: 2024
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/455242
Identifier: vital:75415
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2024.1472674
Description: The significance of language policies cannot be overlooked, particularly in countries where political ideologies influence perceptions about the use of various languages in various domains. Due to political influence certain languages are regarded as ‘languages of the state’and others are perceived to be ‘languages in the state’. Language practices during apartheid in South Africa were very influential in deciding the plight of indigenous African languages. During this period, indigenous African languages were subjected to suppression, wherein an exoglossic lan-guage policy remained intact. Mekoa (2020) explicates that language was used as an instrument of domination or subjugation during apart-heid and colonization. Mekoa (2020) further indicates that in South Afri-ca, indigenous African languages were denigrated and marginalized through legislative structures of the apartheid government.
Format: 3 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Frontiers in Communication
Relation: Khetoa, S., Aiseng, K., Theledi, K. and Motinyane, M., 2024. The centralization and racialization of language policy: implications for the ‘below'. Frontiers in Communication, 9, p.1472674
Relation: Frontiers in Communication volume 9 number 1 1 3 2024 2297-900X
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