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Language policy in Ethiopia : the interplay between policy and practice in Tigray regional state

Title: Language policy in Ethiopia : the interplay between policy and practice in Tigray regional state / Mekonnen Alemu Gebre Yohannes ; contributions by Joseph Lo Bianco and Joy Kreeft Peyton.
Author: Mekonnen Alemu Gebre Yohannes
Publication: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, [2021]

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xxix, 171 pages : color illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

This book examines the interplay and tensions between hegemonic and counter-hegemonic language policy and processes in Tigray, a regional state of Ethiopia, in the period of pre- and post-1991. Viewing language use and language policy as dynamic social and ideological processes, the book presents Ethiopia as an example of language policy creation and implementation over time, in a highly volatile political context. The case of Ethiopia is unique in that different language policies and practices were put in place as the country's leaders changed through political takeovers. Declared language policies were not always implemented, and those implemented were often protested. The book starts with an overview and review of language policy and planning, followed by a chapter on the history of such planning in Ethiopia. It then presents the methodology used for the study, and examines the appropriation of hegemonic LPP, patterns of resistance, schools and public sites as centers of resistance, and the emergence and development of specific patterns of language use in different regions of the country. The book ends with recommendations for future research, and draws the overall conclusion that since LPP is a dynamic and multilayered contextual process, official or de facto language policy is often undermined by overt or covert unofficial language policies, ideologies, mechanisms, and agents that result in different patterns of language use.

Series Statement

Language policy ; volume 24

Uniform Title

Language policy (Monographic series) ; v. 24.

Subjects

Note

Revised version of the author's doctoral dissteration.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Literature review -- Language Policy and Planning in Ethiopia -- Methodology -- Results and Analyses -- Findings, Discussions and Implications -- List of Documents, Primary Sources of Data, Secondary Sources of Data.

Call Number

Sc E 21-1030

ISBN

9783030639037
3030639037

OCLC

1201384957

Author

Mekonnen Alemu Gebre Yohannes, author.

Title

Language policy in Ethiopia : the interplay between policy and practice in Tigray regional state / Mekonnen Alemu Gebre Yohannes ; contributions by Joseph Lo Bianco and Joy Kreeft Peyton.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Language policy ; volume 24

Language policy (Monographic series) ; v. 24.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Lo Bianco, Joseph, author.

Peyton, Joy Kreeft, author.

Research Call Number

Sc E 21-1030

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