Language Planning from below: The Case of the Tonga in Zimbabwe

Autor/inn/en	Makoni, Sinfree; Makoni, Busi; Nyika, Nicholus
Titel	Language Planning from below: The Case of the Tonga in Zimbabwe
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 9 (2008) 4, S.413-439 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1466-4208
Schlagwörter	Empowerment; Language Planning; Language of Instruction; Foreign Countries; Documentation; Minority Groups; African Languages; Indigenous Populations; Archives; Zimbabwe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachwechsel; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Ausland; Dokumentation; Ethnische Minderheit; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Sinti und Roma; Archivwesen; Archiv; Simbabwe
Abstract	Arguments for bottom-up approaches in language planning are currently in vogue. Rarely, however, are such arguments supported by evidence demonstrating how such bottom-up planning leading to successful implementation can be achieved. This article presents evidence based on archival documentation in the form of annual reports and manuscripts written by administrators that document how, through community empowerment, the Tonga, a minority (a term which the Tonga do not use) language group from Zimbabwe, successfully lobbied for the promotion and development of Tonga as the language of instruction in all Tonga-speaking areas. But the success of the promotion is constrained by the nature of the framework within which language, heritage and micro-nationalism form the basis of the promotion exercise. (Contains 1 figure and 9 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10