1. Law, Language and the Multilingual State
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Brohy, Claudine, Turi, Joseph-G., Woehrling, José, and du Plessis, Lodewyk
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linguistic law ,language charters in Africa ,legal ,law ,multilingual state ,South Africa ,language rights ,bilingualism ,language barometer ,linguistic conviviality ,sociolinguistic principles ,linguistic autonomy ,bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LB International law ,bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics - Abstract
The theme of the conference, “Language, Law and the Multilingual State”, was determined to investigate the state-juridical challenges facing multilingual societies. Several related issues were addressed, such as minority and indigenous languages, globalisation and diversity, language rights, language ideology and language legislation.
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- 2013
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