Language Politics in Tunisia : A Study of Language Ideological Debates / Fethi Helal, Joseph Lo Bianco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helal, Fethi, Author.

Lo Bianco, Joseph, Author.

Contributor:

Daoud, Mohamed, Contributor.

Wodak, Ruth, Contributor.

Series:

Multilingual Matters ; 179

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language planning--Tunisia.

Language planning.

Language policy--Tunisia.

Language policy.

Linguistics--Tunisia.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2025]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book offers both a nuanced picture of language ideologies and language policies in post-Arab Spring Tunisia and a detailed critical and interdisciplinary model of Language Policy and Planning. The authors describe how multiple language ideologies interact and play out as language policy against a background of political turmoil.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Glossary

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Foreword

1 Introduction

2 Language Ideologies and Language Policies

3 Concepts and Theories of Language Policy and Planning

4 Arabisation and Islamisation: Towards a Decolonial Ontology and Epistemology

5 In Defence of Francophonie

6 Can the Vernacular Be Planned? Between Vernacular Nationalism and Linguistic Citizenship

7 The Pragmatists: Between Homo economicus, Homo academicus and Homo culturalis

8 Prospects and Proposals: Towards a Tunisian Language Compact

Afterword

Translation Notes

Appendix A: The Arabisers’ Corpus

Appendix B: The Francophone Corpus

Appendix C: The Tunisianizers’ Corpus

Appendix D: The Pragmatists’ Corpus

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Mar 2025)

ISBN:

9781800410978

1800410972

OCLC:

1456986244