- Title
- A critique of multilingualism in South Africa’s post-democratic parliament with particular reference to the use of selected minority languages
- Creator
- Masombuka, Elizabeth Lucy
- ThesisAdvisor
- Kaschula, Russell H
- Subject
- Multilingualism -- South Africa
- Subject
- Language policy -- South Africa
- Subject
- Language and languages -- Political aspects
- Subject
- Linguistic minorities -- South Africa
- Subject
- Linguistic rights -- South Africa
- Subject
- South Africa. Parliament (1994- ). Parliamentary Communication Services
- Subject
- Hansard Society Commission on the Communication of Parliamentary Democracy
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/61984
- Identifier
- vital:28092
- Description
- Language is an essential tool in effecting transformation in a community, society as well as in a culturally diverse institution like the Parliament of South Africa. This study is undertaken to establish the progress made in the use of official languages in the Parliament of South Africa. This study critically looks at the use of eleven South African official languages by the Parliament of South Africa in its daily debates in ensuring transformation to a multilingual parliament. The focus of the study is on the publication of Hansard in all official languages, with specific reference to previously marginalised languages as declared by the Constitution. The study was done in the Language Service Section of the Parliament of South Africa. Firstly, the study looked at the History of Parliament and Hansard publications in relation to the sittings and debates of MP’s since the beginning of Parliament in South Africa. Secondly, a literature review was done on Language Policy implementation, monitoring and promotion of languages in South Africa. Review of legislative frameworks on language matters was undertaken in order to find out the compliance of parliament in using official languages in the publication of Hansard. The study evaluates the recognition of languages as well as the parliamentary in-House Language Policy (Operational Language Policy) in relation to the prescriptions of the Constitution. Findings of the study are indicated in chapter 5 of the thesis. The presentation of data comprises of the work experience of the languages practitioners in parliament, availability and critique of the Language Policy Operational Policy in Parliament, as well as findings in the published Hansard Volumes since the first parliament. The study further tries to look at challenges that hinder the use, and promotion of all languages in parliament, including the use of these languages in the publication of Hansard. The study focuses on minority languages and previously marginalised languages. Recommendations are provided as a means of helping to improve the situation regarding the implementation of the language policy that will assist parliament to transform in order to become truly multilingual. This will allow parliament to be in a position to develop previously marginalised languages.
- Format
- 144 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, School of Languages
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Masombuka, Elizabeth Lucy
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