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Language Planning from Below: An Example from Northern Malawi

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Kamwendo, Gregory Hankoni
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	Language planning is often regarded as a top-to-bottom activity that is government-controlled. This paper demonstrates that language planning can also be conducted from below. With special reference to the Chitumbuka language and culture association’s activities in the northern region of Malawi in Southern Africa, the paper discusses the association’s efforts to influence both status and corpus planning of Chitumbuka. In this paper, I first introduce the northern region of Malawi – the site of CLACA’s activities. The second section introduces the theoretical orientation of the paper. The third section of the paper discusses how the Livingstonia Missionaries promoted Chitumbuka and saved it from an attempt by the colonial government to marginalise it. In the fourth section, I discuss how the post-independence era, through President Banda’s dictatorship, marginalised Chitumbuka, allegedly in the interest of nation building. The fifth section is centred on the post-Banda era. The post-Banda era can be described as one in which linguistic and cultural rights are constitutionally provided for. It is in this era that CLACA has been able to make its contributions towards the status and corpus planning of Chitumbuka. The final section of the paper draws some conclusions.
Starting Page	143
Ending Page	165
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15684555
Journal	Language Policy
Volume Number	4
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15731863
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2005-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Chichewa/Chinyanja Chitumbuka language planning language policy Livingstonia Mission northern region orthography standardisation Applied Linguistics Sociolinguistics Language Education Political Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Linguistics and Language

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