Hierarchies and coloniality

Students' language ideologies and attitudes in Cape Town

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ID20488926
AuthorsEllen Hurst (0000-0002-4596-8459, University of Cape Town, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume16
Issue1
Pages113-130
Publication date2017-08-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTraduction et Langues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1112-3974 • E-ISSN: 2600-6235
PublisherUniversity of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed (PUBLISHER • DZ)
DOI10.52919/translang.v16i1.617
OpenAlexW4387138024
LanguageEN
References cited6

This paper focuses on the ideologies surrounding language that are produced by a cohort of students in their first year at a South African university, in order to investigate how dominant power- discourses are reproduced. An assignment asking students to relate their language histories reveals strong language ideologies relating to South Africa’s official, and not-so-official, languages. These ideologies are surfaced through a form of critical discourse analysis, undertaken using NVivo software. The paper argues that the students’ ideologies are influenced by discourses such as language hierarchies and what Mignolo (2005) calls ‘coloniality’. Language attitudes on the other hand, reflect students’ strong identification with their home languages, and the effects of English dominance are felt at various levels

Cape · Critical discourse analysis · Ideology · Language ideology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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