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Rubin, Aviad – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
Many contributors to the normative literature on language policy argue that inclusive multilingual regimes are beneficial on several grounds. However, despite the professed advantages of multilingualism, most nation-states have been reluctant to equally recognise minority languages alongside the majority language. This reality raises three…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Planning, Second Languages, Language Minorities
Abdelhay, Ashraf Kamal – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2010
Linguistics is implicated in the colonial project of the invention of "self-contained" "racial" and "tribal units" in the Sudan. This paper has two objectives. First, to historicise the notions of "language" in the postcolonial discourse of language planning in the Sudan by reviewing one of the significant…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Ideology, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
Panayi, Panikos – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2004
This paper is an introductory survey of the evolution of multiculturalism in Britain and Germany over the past two centuries. The historical approach argues that the main determinants of difference between these nation states lie in their long-term traditional attitudes towards immigrants and ethnic minorities. It focuses upon the patterns of…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups

Bernsten, Jan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1998
Examined the emergence of Runyakitara as a new language in Uganda in the 1980s. The formation of Runyakitara through the realignment of four Western Bantu varieties illustrates the potential for the use of language as a resource in ethnic competition. Discusses the construction of Runyakitara in the context of the current political situation in…
Descriptors: Bantu Languages, Colonialism, Diachronic Linguistics, English