Community support - the missing link in indigenous language promotion in South Africa?
Literature on the challenges facing indigenous languages in South Africa often highlights the proverbial policy-practice gap among many other constraints. Drawing on lessons from language policy implementation programmes in other countries, this article offers a critical examination of how the polic...
Main Authors: | Yu, Ke, Dumisa, Siphesihle |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2015-12-01
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Series: | Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning |
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Online Access: | http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/588 |
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