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Publication details [#56844]

Orman, Jon. 2012. Language and ‘new’ African migration to South Africa: an overview and some reflections on theoretical implications for policy and planning. Language Policy 11 (4) : 301–322.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language planning | language use | migration | multilingualism | social status

Language as a subject

Languages, African | Languages, South African

Place, Publisher

Springer

Annotation

This paper discusses how new African migration to post-apartheid South Africa causes a reductive rearranging and reassesment of linguistic repertoires which both index and are partly constitutive of disparate social statuses. Conventional language-planning may be unable to solve some of the ensuing language-related problems.