Publications

Publication details [#39518]

Louw, P. Eric. 2004. Political power, national identity, and language: the case of Afrikaans. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 170 : 43–58.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | language shift | nationality | political system | power

Language as a subject

Afrikaans

Place, Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This paper examines the twentieth-century journey, i.e. status and use of Afrikaans, which helps to illustrate the relationship between political power, national identity, and the growth and/or decline of languages.