Law, Language and the Multilingual State

doi:10.18820/9781920382223

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Brohy, Claudine (editor)

Turi, Joseph-G. (editor)

Woehrling, José (editor)

du Plessis, Lodewyk (editor)

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English

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Abstract

The theme of the conference, “Language, Law and the Multilingual State”, was determined to investigate the state-juridical challenges facing multilingual societies. Several related issues were addressed, such as minority and indigenous languages, globalisation and diversity, language rights, language ideology and language legislation.

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https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59076

Keywords

linguistic law; language charters in Africa; legal; law; multilingual state; South Africa; language rights; bilingualism; language barometer; linguistic conviviality; sociolinguistic principles; linguistic autonomy