Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy
( Contributions to the Sociology of Language CSL )
Publication series ：Contributions to the Sociology of Language CSL
Publisher： De Gruyter Mouton
Publication year： 2012
E-ISBN: 9781934078112
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781934078105
Subject： H002 language planning
Keyword： 语言学
Language： ENG
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Description
The book proposes a paradigm shift in language planning and language policy in Africa. The new democratic model for language planning has several assets over the traditional hegemonic language of wider communication (LWC) model: It does not endanger minority languages, nor does it endanger social cohesion in multilingual countries; it is less costly and makes literacy in the mother tongue marketable. The theory that undergirds the democratic model is the Strategic Game Theory.