Ideology, policy and implementation: Comparative perspectives from two African universities

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dc.contributor.authorDyers, Charlyn
dc.contributor.authorAbongdia, Jane-Francis
dc.date.accessioned25/04/2016 17:15
dc.date.available25/04/2016 17:15
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides an exposition and interpretation of the language policies of two African universities, namely the University of Yaound in Cameroon and the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. It does so against the background of the socio-historical and political factors that led to the creation of both universities and their respective language policies. The authors main argument is that well-intended, liberal language policies are often impossible to implement as a result of the powerful influence of political and linguistic ideologies shaped, on the one hand, by many years of colonisation and the resulting marginalisation of the indigenous languages in both countries, and, on the other, by ideologies of nation-building and assimilation in the post-colonial era. The paper also attempts to find greater conceptual clarity between the concepts of language attitudes and language ideologies.
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dc.identifier.citationDyers, C., Abongdia, J-F. (2014). Ideology, policy and implementation: Comparative perspectives from two African universities. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 43: 1-21
dc.identifier.issn1027-3417
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/2151
dc.language.isoen
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherStellenbosch University
dc.rightsThis journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5774/43-0-157
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectLanguage
dc.subjectCameroon
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectHigher education
dc.titleIdeology, policy and implementation: Comparative perspectives from two African universities
dc.typeArticle

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