Language policy and the promotion of peace : African and European case studies / edited by Neville Alexander and Arnulf von Scheliha.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alexander, Neville, editor.

Scheliha, Arnulf von, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language policy.

Africa.

Europe.

Language policy--Africa.

Language policy--Europe.

Sociolinguistics.

Language and languages--Political aspects.

Language and languages.

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

xviii, 135 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Pretoria : Unisa Press, ©2014.

Summary:

This book brings together the contributions of twelve scholars engaged in language activism, in research and in promoting peace. The writers are keenly attuned to the potentially genocidal consequences of language differences. In the articles they have written, they make compelling cases for indigenous non-hegemonic languages to be used and promoted, not only as a means of communication but to preserve the multilingual communities inhabiting the world. The book is a product of a collegial effort resulting from a symposium on Language Policy and the Promotion of Peace or the Prevention of Conflict, which was held at the University of Osnabrück, Germany, in 2011. While many different 'angles of vision', positions, approaches and emphases are argued in the contributors' commentaries and in their case studies, the twelve scholars and activists are united in their call for a multilingual global habitus. Book jacket.

Contents:

Conditions under which language policy affects social stability / Neville Alexander

The case of the Catalan language: some lessons / Felix Martí

Language and hegemonic power: how feasible is conflict management by means of language policy? / H. Ekkehard Wolff

The language issue and the quest for everlasting peace in Africa: prospects and challenges / Sozinho Francisco Matsinhe

The role of language in the process of constructing, preserving and reinforcing peace in Africa / Etienne Sadembouo and Maurice Tadadjeu

Language policy and identity conflict in relation to Afrikaans in the post-apartheid era / Jon Orman

Linguistic politics and the Northern Island peace process / Aodán Mac Póilin

Language policy and conflict management: a view from Galicia / Fernando Ramallo

Overcoming ethno-linguistic divisions: developing educational materials in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina / Brigitta Busch

On language and peace: some theological remarks / Arnulf von Scheliha.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781868887491

1868887499

OCLC:

904436509