Languages at War: External Language Spread Policies in Lusophone Africa

Carla Figueira

ISBN 10: 3631644361 / ISBN 13: 9783631644362

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mai 2013, 2013

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Neuware -This study explores the argument that postcolonial Africa has been the setting for competing external language spread policies (LSPs) by ex-colonial European countries at the turn of the 21 Century. It focuses on the external LSPs developed by the governments of Portugal, Brazil, United Kingdom, France and Germany towards Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau from the 1990s to the present. The study offers a perspective on the web of relationships involving European ex-colonial powers and the African postcolonial countries of Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. The author seeks to examine the development of external (European) LSPs and the construction of politico-linguistic blocs in a complex context whilst taking into account the colonial heritage and its lingering dependencies, the construction and maintenance of nationhood and the increasing globalisation of the world. 360 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Languages at War: External Language Spread Policies in Lusophone Africa
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mai 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631644361
• ISBN 13: 9783631644362
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 24D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 578 grams

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Synopsis

This study explores the argument that postcolonial Africa has been the setting for competing external language spread policies (LSPs) by ex-colonial European countries at the turn of the 21st Century. It focuses on the external LSPs developed by the governments of Portugal, Brazil, United Kingdom, France and Germany towards Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau from the 1990s to the present. The study offers a perspective on the web of relationships involving European ex-colonial powers and the African postcolonial countries of Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. The author seeks to examine the development of external (European) LSPs and the construction of politico-linguistic blocs in a complex context whilst taking into account the colonial heritage and its lingering dependencies, the construction and maintenance of nationhood and the increasing globalisation of the world.

About the Author

Carla Figueira is an International Relations graduate of the Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal). She holds a Masters and a PhD degree in Cultural Policy and Management from the City University London and currently works at Goldsmiths, University of London.