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National and o fficial languages Planning for a national official language

National and o fficial languages Planning for a national official language. Fatmah Moza. Comparing. Planning for a national official language.

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National and o fficial languages Planning for a national official language

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  1. National and official languagesPlanning for a national official language Fatmah Moza

  2. Comparing

  3. Planning for a national official language • In sociolinguistics the distinction between a national language and an official language is generally made along the affective referential dimension, or more precisely the ideological instrumental dimension.

  4. More details: • A national language is the language of a political, cultural and social unit. It is generally developed and used as a symbol of national unity. Its functions are to identify the nation and unite the people of the nation. • An official language, by contrast, it simply a language which may be used for government business. Its function is primarily utilitarian rather than symbolic. It is possible for one language to serve both functions

  5. Extra information : • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9k1AouNPj4 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSv0UBR8YkM

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