book notice: Language Planning and Policy in Africa, Volume 2 Algeria, C ôte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Tunisia

[Harold Schiffman]

Language Planning and Policy in Africa, Volume 2: Algeria, Côte
d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Tunisia
Series Title: Language Planning and Policy
Published: 2007
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
                http://www.multilingual-matters.com/

Book URL: http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/display.asp?isb=9781847690111

Editor: Robert B. Kaplan
Editor: Richard B. Baldauf

Abstract:

This volume covers the language situation in Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire,
Nigeria and Tunisia, explaining the linguistic diversity, the
historical and political contexts and the current language situation,
including
language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of
religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are
indigenous and/or have been participants in the language planning
context.
Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire and Tunisia are not well represented in the
international language policy/planning literature, while the section
on Nigeria draws together the published literature in this area. The
purpose
of the volumes in this series is to present up-to-date information on
polities that are not well-known to researchers in the field. A longer
range purpose is to collect comparable information on as many polities
as possible in order to facilitate the development of a richer theory
to guide language policy and planning in other polities that undertake
the development of a national policy on languages. This volume is part
of an
areal series which is committed to providing descriptions of language
planning and policy in countries around the world.

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