The elevation of Sepedi from a dialect to an official standard language
Cultural and economic power and political influence matter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23213884 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tebogo Jacob Rakgogo (0000-0002-8693-2559, Tshwane University of Technology), Evangeline Bonisiwe Zungu (0000-0003-4837-9155, University of the Witwatersrand) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Literator (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-2279 • E-ISSN: 2219-8237 |
| Publisher | AOSIS (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.4102/lit.v43i1.1827 |
| OpenAlex | W4214633800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 9 |
This study explored the role played by economic, cultural, and political power and influence when a particular dialect was elevated to the status of an official standard language. This was a qualitative study that employed text analysis where journal articles, dissertations, theses, academic books and Parliamentary Joint Constitutional Review minutes were considered for data collection and analysis. In order to supplement the above-mentioned method, 267 research participants involving students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and lecturers from the selected five South African universities, including members of the language authorities, were also invited to participate in the study. Self-administered survey questionnaires and face-to-face interviews were chosen as qualitative methods for data collection. From a dialectal point of view, this study indicated that all official standard languages were dialects before. However, these dialects were considered superior and elevated to the status of official languages because of socio-economic power and political influence. This article further recorded that the status type of language planning in the South African context is quite political in nature, not less linguistic. It was against this background that the researchers claim that there is no official standard language that was not a dialect before.
Context (archaeology) · Data collection · Face (sociological concept) · Linguistics · Official language · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Social science · Sociology · History · Law · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Multilingual Education and Policy
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |