Language policies in Cape Verde and South Africa: why analyze the situation of languages in Africa?

In this paper we will describe the sociolinguistic context and some relevant language policies (Spolsky, 2009) that have been implemented in two countries of the African continent: South Africa and Cape Verde. To this end, we will make a brief historical overview and link the sociolinguistic situati...

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Autores principales: Martínez, Graciela Maricel, Vaccaro, Antonela Soledad
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spelling I10-R306-article-420432025-10-30T14:42:56Z Language policies in Cape Verde and South Africa: why analyze the situation of languages in Africa? Políticas lingüísticas en Cabo Verde y Sudáfrica: ¿por qué analizar la situación de las lenguas en África? Martínez, Graciela Maricel Vaccaro, Antonela Soledad Políticas lingüísticas Legislaciones Descolonización Sudáfrica Cabo Verde Language policies Legislation Decolonization South Africa Cape Verde In this paper we will describe the sociolinguistic context and some relevant language policies (Spolsky, 2009) that have been implemented in two countries of the African continent: South Africa and Cape Verde. To this end, we will make a brief historical overview and link the sociolinguistic situation of the two countries in question with their decolonization processes. Thinking about the connection between the processes of colonization and decolonization allows us to realize that these processes encompass much more than the political and territorial level. Thinking about the languages that are spoken, why, for what purpose and in what spaces is a necessary practice to understand and continue decolonization. We also seek to establish a sort of bridge from south to south to invite critical reflection on the languages spoken in Argentina, and to problematize the myth of monolingualism. En este trabajo describiremos el contexto sociolingüístico y algunas políticas lingüísticas (Spolsky, 2009) de gran relevancia que han sido implementadas en dos países del continente africano: Sudáfrica y Cabo Verde. Para esto haremos un breve recorrido histórico y vincularemos la situación sociolingüística de los dos países en cuestión con sus procesos de descolonización. Pensar la conexión entre los procesos de colonización y descolonización nos permite dar cuenta de que estos procesos abarcan mucho más que el plano político y territorial. Pensar las lenguas que se hablan, por qué, para qué y en qué espacios es una práctica necesaria para entender y continuar la descolonización. Buscamos, además, establecer una suerte de puente de sur a sur para invitar a la reflexión crítica acerca de las lenguas que se hablan en Argentina, y problematizar el mito del monolingüismo. Centro de Estudios Avanzados. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. 2023-07-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion texto application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revesint/article/view/42043 1991. Revista de Estudios Internacionales; Vol. 5 Núm. 1 (2023): África en los Estudios Internacionales. Enero-Junio 2023; 88-106 2683-720X spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revesint/article/view/42043/42343 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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topic Políticas lingüísticas
Legislaciones
Descolonización
Sudáfrica
Cabo Verde
Language policies
Legislation
Decolonization
South Africa
Cape Verde
spellingShingle Políticas lingüísticas
Legislaciones
Descolonización
Sudáfrica
Cabo Verde
Language policies
Legislation
Decolonization
South Africa
Cape Verde
Martínez, Graciela Maricel
Vaccaro, Antonela Soledad
Language policies in Cape Verde and South Africa: why analyze the situation of languages in Africa?
topic_facet Políticas lingüísticas
Legislaciones
Descolonización
Sudáfrica
Cabo Verde
Language policies
Legislation
Decolonization
South Africa
Cape Verde
author Martínez, Graciela Maricel
Vaccaro, Antonela Soledad
author_facet Martínez, Graciela Maricel
Vaccaro, Antonela Soledad
author_sort Martínez, Graciela Maricel
title Language policies in Cape Verde and South Africa: why analyze the situation of languages in Africa?
title_short Language policies in Cape Verde and South Africa: why analyze the situation of languages in Africa?
title_full Language policies in Cape Verde and South Africa: why analyze the situation of languages in Africa?
title_fullStr Language policies in Cape Verde and South Africa: why analyze the situation of languages in Africa?
title_full_unstemmed Language policies in Cape Verde and South Africa: why analyze the situation of languages in Africa?
title_sort language policies in cape verde and south africa: why analyze the situation of languages in africa?
description In this paper we will describe the sociolinguistic context and some relevant language policies (Spolsky, 2009) that have been implemented in two countries of the African continent: South Africa and Cape Verde. To this end, we will make a brief historical overview and link the sociolinguistic situation of the two countries in question with their decolonization processes. Thinking about the connection between the processes of colonization and decolonization allows us to realize that these processes encompass much more than the political and territorial level. Thinking about the languages that are spoken, why, for what purpose and in what spaces is a necessary practice to understand and continue decolonization. We also seek to establish a sort of bridge from south to south to invite critical reflection on the languages spoken in Argentina, and to problematize the myth of monolingualism.
publisher Centro de Estudios Avanzados. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.
publishDate 2023
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revesint/article/view/42043
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