The Political and Sociolinguistics of Status Planning in Africa

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Preface v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Table of contents ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Joshua A. Fishman on Language Planning 7
7. Multi-Disciplined Language Planning 29
8. Towards a Sociology of Language Planning 37
9. Language Planning and Social Change 53
10. Empirical and Theoretical Advances in Macro Studies as a Basis for Language Planning and Social Development 75
11. Towards a Language Policy for the European Community 87
12. Language Planning in India 105
13. The Political and Sociolinguistics of Status Planning in Africa 135
14. The Handicaps of Language Planning in Africa 153
15. French Colonial Language Policies in Africa and Their Legacies 175
16. The “Back to the Future” Syndrome in Language Planning 215
17. Language Maintenance and Language Shift in the Cuban American Community of Miami 245
18. Yidish Military Terminology 259
19. Terminological Change within a Language Planning Framework 281
20. References 311
21. Contributors 343
22. Index 349