23.753, Books: Language Policy/Sociolinguistics: Koffi

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Date: 14-Feb-2012
From: Julia Ulrich [julia.ulrich at degruyter.com]
Subject: Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy: Koffi

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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:01:39
From: Julia Ulrich [julia.ulrich at degruyter.com]
Subject: Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy: Koffi

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Title: Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy 
Subtitle: Game-Theoretic Solutions 
Series Title: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] 101  

Publication Year: 2012 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/42465?format=G 

Author: Ettien Koffi

Electronic: ISBN:  9781934078112 Pages: 328 Price: Europe EURO 99.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9781934078105 Pages: 328 Price: Europe EURO 99.95

Abstract:

The book proposes a paradigm shift in language planning and language policy 
in Africa. For the past fifty years, the dominant model has been the 
hegemonic model whereby a language of wider communication (LWC) is 
imposed on minority languages. It is now time for a paradigm shift in favor of 
a more egalitarian model in which all the languages spoken in the same 
country, irrespective of their size, are planned. The paradigm shift concerns 
four critical areas: status planning, cost-benefit planning, acquisition planning, 
and corpus planning.

Such a shift is justified for the following reasons: First, the hegemonic model 
has a dismal track record of success in Africa and elsewhere. Second, the 
hegemonic model exacerbates linguistic conflicts in many countries. 
Consequently, policy makers shun it for fear of jeopardizing the fragile social 
fabric in their respective countries. Last, a shift away from the hegemonic 
model is recommended because it is too costly to implement. The 
"democratic model" is undergirded by the Strategic Game Theory proposed 
by David Laitin. It forecasts a 3±1 language outcome for most African 
countries. This outcome supports the "three language formula" now called for 
by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Policy
                     Sociolinguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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