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.
Mekonnen Alemu Gebre Yohannes, author.; Lo Bianco, Joseph, author.; Kreeft Peyton, Joy, author.
2021
P119.32.E8 M45 2021eb
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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, author.
ISBN 3030639045 (electronic book)
9783030639044 (electronic bk.)
3030639037
9783030639037
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63904-4
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxix, 171 pages) : color illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-63904-4 doi
Call Number P119.32.E8 M45 2021eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.44963/4
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.
Note Revised version of the author's doctoral dissertation.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 30, 2021).
Added Author Lo Bianco, Joseph, author.
Kreeft Peyton, Joy, author.
Series Language policy (Monographic series) ; v. 24.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783030639037
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