Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorMotinyane, Mantoa Rose
dc.contributor.authorSaliwa-Mogale, Ncebakazi Faith
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-16T10:52:41Z
dc.date.available2021-09-16T10:52:41Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2021-09-16T07:13:12Z
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa is a multilingual country with 11 official languages and 9 of these languages are Indigenous African languages. The South African government has developed policies and created an environment for these languages to be developed. National and provincial language policies have been adopted and the country has even passed a language Act called the Use of Official Languages Act, 2012. The national Department of Education has also passed policies and Acts that enable indigenous languages to be made compulsory to all learners in all public schools in the foundation phase. Despite all these efforts, very little has been done to implement these policies. The aim of this study is to interrogate the role played by these language bodies in the implementation of the National Language Policies, particularly the development and empowerment of these previously marginalized languages. Using textual analysis, questionnaires and interviews, the study identified the bottlenecks in the system that hinder the development of these languages. Amongst the many obstructions that were uncovered, is the increased economic benefit associated with English and how this continues to undermine efforts to elevate the status of African languages. Further, this linguistic hegemony has created a situation where speakers of the nine indigenous African languages are denied access to social, economic and political developments of the country, a clear violation of language rights enshrined in the Constitution of South Africa. The study concludes by making recommendations on steps that can be taken to develop African languages in South Africa.
dc.identifier.apacitationSaliwa-Mogale, N. F. (2021). <i>Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Languages and Literatures. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33954en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSaliwa-Mogale, Ncebakazi Faith. <i>"Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Languages and Literatures, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33954en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSaliwa-Mogale, N.F. 2021. Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Languages and Literatures. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33954en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Doctoral Thesis AU - Saliwa-Mogale, Ncebakazi Faith AB - South Africa is a multilingual country with 11 official languages and 9 of these languages are Indigenous African languages. The South African government has developed policies and created an environment for these languages to be developed. National and provincial language policies have been adopted and the country has even passed a language Act called the Use of Official Languages Act, 2012. The national Department of Education has also passed policies and Acts that enable indigenous languages to be made compulsory to all learners in all public schools in the foundation phase. Despite all these efforts, very little has been done to implement these policies. The aim of this study is to interrogate the role played by these language bodies in the implementation of the National Language Policies, particularly the development and empowerment of these previously marginalized languages. Using textual analysis, questionnaires and interviews, the study identified the bottlenecks in the system that hinder the development of these languages. Amongst the many obstructions that were uncovered, is the increased economic benefit associated with English and how this continues to undermine efforts to elevate the status of African languages. Further, this linguistic hegemony has created a situation where speakers of the nine indigenous African languages are denied access to social, economic and political developments of the country, a clear violation of language rights enshrined in the Constitution of South Africa. The study concludes by making recommendations on steps that can be taken to develop African languages in South Africa. DA - 2021_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Languages and Literatures LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa TI - Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33954 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/33954
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSaliwa-Mogale NF. Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Languages and Literatures, 2021 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33954en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Languages and Literatures
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectLanguages and Literatures
dc.titleDevelopment and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationlevelPhD
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