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Author Benrabah, Mohamed, author.

Title Language conflict in Algeria : from colonialism to post-independence / Mohamed Benrabah
Published Bristol : Multilingual matters, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 199 pages) : illustration
Series Multilingual matters ; 154
Multilingual matters (Series) ; 154
Contents 1. Circumnavigating a Term: L̀anguage Conflict' and Related Concepts -- Language Contact and Domination -- Linguistic Consequences of Colonialism: Ireland, a Case Study -- Language Planning and Conflict -- Resistance and Peace Sociolinguistics -- 2. Frenchification: Annihilating Indigenous Languages -- Pre-Colonial Period -- Local Languages and Cultures under Siege -- Ìnstruct to Conquer' -- Language Superiority -- Rejection of Cultural Subordination -- The Legacy -- 3. Arabization: At War with Diversity -- Cautious Implementation -- Politicizing Language -- Ever More Radical Measures -- Oppositional Identities -- Planned and Unplanned Developments -- The Anachronism of Arabization: Multiple Voices and Hybridity -- Conclusion -- 4. Geopolitics and Language Rivalry: French versus English -- Empires and Languages in Competition -- Language without a Political Past -- Top-down Intervention: Unsuccessful Penetration of English
Maintenance of French, Uncertain Future -- Recycling Old Colonial Ideologies -- The Possibility of Alternative Voices -- Future Prospects -- Conclusion -- 5 .Writers and Language as a Battlefield: Àuthenticity' versus H̀ybridity' -- Colonials Write Back -- Some Effects of Colonial Bilingualism -- Hybridity and Long-Term Prospects -- Sìlence Will Slowly Become His Empire' -- The Triumph of Unanism and Àuthenticity' -- Creativity and Resistance -- Writing in Troubled Times -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: The Language Question As a L̀ightning Rod' -- Language and Politics Wedded in an Indissoluble Union -- Cultural Marginalization Breeds Radicalism -- Language and Identity as Distractors -- What Can We Do?
Summary This is a book about the use of languages as a proxy for conflict. It traces the history of Algeria from colonization by the French in 1830 to the celebration of 50 years of independence in 2012, and examines the linguistic issues that have accompanied this turbulent period. The book begins with an examination of 'language conflict' and related concepts, and then applies them to both the French colonists' language policies and the Arabization campaigns which followed independence. This is followed by an analysis of the rivalry between the English and French languages in independent Algeria. The book concludes with a study of the language choices made by Algerian writers and the complex tensions which arose from these choices among intellectuals in the colonial and post-colonial periods
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-185) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Languages in contact -- Algeria
Arabic language -- Algeria -- History
Language policy -- Algeria
Language and education -- Algeria
Sociolinguistics -- Algeria -- History
Cultural studies.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
Arabic language
Language and education
Language and languages -- Political aspects
Language policy
Languages in contact
Sociolinguistics
SUBJECT Algeria -- Languages -- Political aspects
Subject Algeria
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013001853
ISBN 9781847699657
1847699650
1847699669
9781847699664