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Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy

Game-Theoretic Solutions, Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] 101

Erschienen am 16.01.2012, 1. Auflage 2012
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ISBN/EAN: 9781934078105
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: XIX, 328 S.
Einband: gebundenes Buch

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The book proposes a paradigm shift in language planning and language policy in Africa. For the past fifty years, the dominant model has been the hegemonic model whereby a language of wider communication (LWC) is imposed on minority languages. It is now time for a paradigm shift in favor of a more egalitarian model in which all the languages spoken in the same country, irrespective of their size, are planned. The paradigm shift concerns four critical areas: status planning, cost-benefit planning, acquisition planning, and corpus planning. Such a shift is justified for the following reasons: First, the hegemonic model has a dismal track record of success in Africa and elsewhere. Second, the hegemonic model exacerbates linguistic conflicts in many countries. Consequently, policy makers shun it for fear of jeopardizing the fragile social fabric in their respective countries. Last, a shift away from the hegemonic model is recommended because it is too costly to implement. The "democratic model" is undergirded by the Strategic Game Theory proposed by David Laitin. It forecasts a 3±1 language outcome for most African countries. This outcome supports the "three language formula" now called for by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

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Ettien Koffi, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.

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