LANGUAGE STANDARDISATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Chapters in this book

1. I-VI I
2. Preface 7
3. Contents 11
4. LANGUAGE PLANNING AND LANGUAGE PLANNING RESEARCH: THE STATE OF THE ART 15
5. SECTION ONE: Theoretical Studies
6. BASIC TYPES OF TREATMENT OF LANGUAGE PROBLEMS 37
7. THE THEORY OF LANGUAGE PLANNING 49
8. SOME COMMENTS ON LANGUAGE PLANNING 69
9. LANGUAGE MODERNIZATION AND PLANNING IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER TYPES OF NATIONAL MODERNIZATION AND PLANNING 79
10. TOWARD A DEFINITION OF LANGUAGE PLANNING 103
11. SECTION TWO: Language Policy Studies
12. LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE ISSUES IN TURKEY 127
13. COLONIAL LANGUAGE POLICIES AND THEIR LEGACIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 163
14. LANGUAGE POLICIES OF INDEPENDENT AFRICAN STATES 177
15. CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AND LANGUAGE POLICIES IN AFRICA 191
16. LANGUAGE POLICY, LANGUAGE ENGINEERING AND LITERACY IN NEW GUINEA AND AUSTRALIA 205
17. LANGUAGE POLICY, LANGUAGE ENGINEERING AND LITERACY IN THE PHILIPPINES 221
18. LANGUAGE POLICY, LANGUAGE ENGINEERING AND LITERACY IN FRENCH POLYNESIA 255
19. SECTION THREE: Codification, Cultivation, and Elaboration Studies
20. LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN ARAB COUNTRIES AND THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMIES 279
21. LINGUISTIC CORRECTNESS AND THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMIES IN LATIN AMERICA 315
22. LANGUAGE STANDARDISATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 369
23. LANGUAGE POLICY, LANGUAGE ENGINEERING AND LITERACY IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA 391
24. GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE CULTIVATION OF GOOD LANGUAGE 417
25. THE ROLE OF ELIEZER BEN YEHUDA IN THE REVIVAL OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE: AN ASSESSMENT 427
26. LANGUAGE PLANNING IN MAINLAND CHINA: STANDARDIZATION 457
27. SECTION FOUR: Implementation, Evaluation, and Feedback Studies
28. MASS OPINION ON LANGUAGE POLICY: THE CASE OF CANADA 481
29. OFFICIAL HEBREW TERMS FOR PARTS OF THE CAR: A STUDY OF KNOWLEDGE, USAGE AND ATTITUDES 493
30. TOWARDS A LANGUAGE POLICY 519
31. IMPLEMENTING A LANGUAGE POLICY 527
32. THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF HEBREW ORTHOGRAPHY ON READING EFFICIENCY 555
33. INDEX OF NAMES 573
34. INDEX OF SUBJECTS 585