Language Policy in the SANDF: A Case for Biting the Bullet?  

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Barkhuizen, Gary P. ; Klerk, Vivian de

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Problems and Language Planning vol. 22 no. 3 (1998), page 215-236.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/LPL/22 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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In 1994 a new national language policy was promulgated and, instead of having only English and Afrikaans as official languages, eleven official languages were declared. Precursors to the final Constitution of 1996 (the ANC Bill of Rights, 1990, and the Interim Constitution, 1993) make it very clear that the indigenous languages must be developed and promoted. This decision had particular significance for the National Defence Force, where, it is widely acknowledged, Afrikaans had been the de facto language of all aspects of military life, and where transformation was inevitable as a result of massive demographic changes. This paper reports on language attitudes and language practices at 6SAI in the Eastern Cape Province, and critically discusses these in the light of the national language plan as a whole.

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