Publications

Publication details [#58092]

Milani, Tommaso M. and Mooniq Shaikjee. 2013. ‘It’s time for Afrikaans to go’ . . . or not? Language ideologies and (ir)rationality in the blogosphere. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 44 (2) : 92–116.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ideology | internet | language status | language use | rationality

Language as a subject

Afrikaans

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper deals with rationalisation in language ideologies on the current role of Afrikaans in South Africa, as reflected by a small-scale, self-contained blogosphere discussion on the subject.