Abstract
Since 2002 the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) has experienced a decline in the number of complaints received concerning alleged language rights violations. An investigation into the nature of and reasons for this decline showed that the decline can largely be attributed to the fact that the Afrikaans speech community no longer lodges complaints with PanSALB. This paper reports on the reasons for this decline. It is argued that this particular community has turned away from PanSALB and now rather engages in other strategies in order to overcome the perceived marginalisation of Afrikaans. However, what at first glance appears to be a case of language planning from the bottom rather than from the top, is complicated by the social and financial capital of this speech community.
Highlights
Since 2002 the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) has experienced a decline in the number of complaints received concerning alleged language rights violations
The findings presented in this paper are based on a study conducted in 2007 into the reasons for the decline in language rights violation complaints received by PanSALB
This publication contains all the papers read at the 2004 summit, the Language Strategy itself, as well as an updated version (February 2006) of all information received on Afrikaans language projects and activities. This extensive list gives a profile of the magnitude of organisations, projects, industries, unions, entertainment, bursaries, arts, culture, media, literacy projects, language awareness groups, language courses, language tourism, language technology, translation, interpreting and editing services, welfare services, science and technology institutions, dictionary projects, book clubs and academic journals that mainly focus on Afrikaans or the Afrikaans speech community
Summary
Since 2002 the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) has experienced a decline in the number of complaints received concerning alleged language rights violations. An investigation into the nature of and reasons for this decline showed that the decline can largely be attributed to the fact that the Afrikaans speech community no longer lodges complaints with PanSALB. This paper reports on the reasons for this decline. It is argued that this particular community has turned away from PanSALB and rather engages in other strategies in order to overcome the perceived marginalisation of Afrikaans. What at first glance appears to be a case of language planning from the bottom rather than from the top, is complicated by the social and financial capital of this speech community
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