University multilingualism: A critical narrative from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa

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2015

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Routledge

Abstract

This article offers a narrative of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, from the prism of the duality of language as a co-modality (with people, protest, policy and practices) for constituting the institution in whole or in part and as a reflection of its co-modalities. For its framing, the narrative eclectically draws on language politics and policy, a grammar of multilingual landscapes and the epistemology of linguistics. Besides contributing to a historiography of university language policies, the narrative has implications for language policy analysis.

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Diversity, Language policy, Multilingualism, Protest, UWC

Citation

Antia, B.E., 2015. University multilingualism: A critical narrative from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 36(6), pp.571-586.