South African Language Rights Monitor 2004

Theo du Plessis, Elbie Truter, Johan Lubbe

Description

The South African Language Rights Monitor (SALRM) Project surveys the mainstream newspapers of South Africa with a view to compile annual reports on the developments on the language front in the country. While the main focus is on language rights and language (rights) activism, the yearly Monitor also covers other language-related problems, including name changes and aspects of language promotion.

Sujets

• Littérature Sud-Africaine
• Littérature sud-africaine
• Name change
• Linguistic rights

Informations

• Publié par: UJ Press
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781920382070
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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SOUTH AFRICAN NGUAGE RIGHTS MONITOR 2004

Third reporton the South African Language Rights Monitor Project 1 January 2004 – 31 December 2004

Johan Lubbe, Elbie Truter and Theo du Plessis

SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGE RIGHTS MONITOR 2004 Third report on the South African Language Rights Monitor Project 1 January 2004 – 31 December 2004

Compiled for PanSALB by Prof. Johan Lubbe, Dr Elbie Truter and Prof. Theo du Plessis

South African Language Rights Monitor 2004

First report on the South African Language Rights Monitor Project

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First edition 2011

ISBN: 978-1-920383-31-2 (Print) ISBN: 978-1-920382-07-0 (e-book) DOI: https://doi.org/10.18820/9781920382070

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Acknowledgements ............................................................................................. i

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Introduction .................................................................................................. 1

General overview of ïndings....................................................................... 2

Media coverage of language issues.............................................................. 6

3.1. Media coverage of reviews ............................................................................... 9 3.2. Language spread according to types of media (excluding reviews) ...................... 10

3.3. Media coverage of place names and name changes ........................................... 14

3.4. Media coverage of language cultivation ............................................................ 15

3.5. Language rights incidents ................................................................................ 18 3.5.1. Incidents relating to state institutions ......................................................... 19 3.5.2. Incidents relating to unocial domains ...................................................... 25

4. Language rights complaints lodged with PanSALB .................................... 26 4.1. Ocial language rights complaints registered with PanSALB .............................. 27 4.2. Types of language rights complaints lodged with PanSALB .................................. 33

4.3. Comparison of language rights complaints covered by the media and ocial language rights complaints submitted to PanSALB ............................................... 33

5. Other instruments of language rights activism .......................................... 35 5.1. Language rights activism in South Africa ............................................................... 36 5.1.1.Lobbying........................................................................................................38 5.1.2. Violence .........................................................................................................39 5.1.3. Community mobilisation.............................................................................39

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Linguistic rights litigation ............................................................................ 42

Conclusions and Recommendations ........................................................... 43

Bibliography .................................................................................................. 47

Appendix....................................................................................................... 49