Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue:Two Cultural Warsin 50 Years
- 1Circumnavigating a Term: ‘Language Conflict’ and Related Concepts
- 2Frenchification: Annihilating Indigenous Languages
- 3Arabization: At War with Diversity
- 4Geopolitics and Language Rivalry: French versus English
- 5Writers and Language as a Battlefield: ‘Authenticity’ versus ‘Hybridity’
- Epilogue:The Language Question As a ‘Lightning Rod’
- References
- Index
Epilogue: - The Language Question As a ‘Lightning Rod’
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue:Two Cultural Warsin 50 Years
- 1Circumnavigating a Term: ‘Language Conflict’ and Related Concepts
- 2Frenchification: Annihilating Indigenous Languages
- 3Arabization: At War with Diversity
- 4Geopolitics and Language Rivalry: French versus English
- 5Writers and Language as a Battlefield: ‘Authenticity’ versus ‘Hybridity’
- Epilogue:The Language Question As a ‘Lightning Rod’
- References
- Index
Summary
[L]anguage issues may, like medical problems, be well under control, or in a state of chronic or acute pathology. Proper diagnosis, consultation with those affected, and the existence of well-tried remedies are essential for progress and linguistic health.
Robert Phillipson (2003: 13)Arabisation has become one more prop of an authoritarian regime that refuses to engage in much-needed economic and political reforms.
Jonathan Eric Lewis (2004: 42)The process of reshaping and redefining the meaning of . . . Algerian identit[y] has already begun and will surely be fraught with tension and difficulty.
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman (2001: 44)An emphasis on peace rather than on linguistic war is a much-needed counterpart to the overheated discussions around language [. . .]. [O]ne can imagine [. . .] peace through language, one that can be achieved by long-range respect for and maintenance of linguistic rights, the ecology of languages, cultural and linguistic diversity, and language education.
Patricia Friedrich (2007: 73, 74–75)The medical analogy in Robert Phillipson’s epigraph corresponds to the language question in Algeria. There was no real exploration, nor interaction with the population, nor tested techniques to adopt and implement the policy of Arabization after the country’s independence. Algerian planners never contemplated using the basic language planning model which consists of a survey, a survey report, policy decisions, implementation plan and execution – with the provision of feedback at all these stages (Kaplan & Baldauf, 1997: 105).
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- Language Conflict in AlgeriaFrom Colonialism to Post-Independence, pp. 157 - 170Publisher: Multilingual Matters
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