Codifying the new languages in South Africa [Codifier les nouveaux parlers en afrique du sud]

dc.contributor.author	Ebrahim-Vally R.	en
dc.contributor.author	Zegeye A.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2012-11-01T16:31:38Z
dc.date.available	2012-11-01T16:31:38Z
dc.date.issued	2001	en
dc.identifier.citation	Raisons Politiques	en
dc.identifier.citation	2	en
dc.identifier.citation	2	en
dc.identifier.issn	12911941	en
dc.identifier.other	10.3917/rai.002.0113	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/7483
dc.description.abstract	The South African Constitution of 1996 makes provision for eleven official languages. Culture and language are seen as the two most important identity parameters in South Africa. However, the abolition of apartheid has introduced a social mobility, erstwhile denied to all, which is shaping new identities. This article examines the history of language policies in South Africa and advocates that in order to implement viable language and/or cultural policies in this country in transition, one needs to first consider the way in which South Africans are using language to express their newly-found identity as citizens of a democracy.	en
dc.language.iso	fr	en
dc.title	Codifying the new languages in South Africa [Codifier les nouveaux parlers en afrique du sud]	en
dc.type	Article	en