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Managing Multilingualism In India And South Africa: A Comparison, Maddox G. Mckibben-Greene
Managing Multilingualism In India And South Africa: A Comparison, Maddox G. Mckibben-Greene
Senior Theses
With a shared history of British colonialism, India and South Africa are two countries with levels of ethnic and linguistic diversity that have contributed to previous and ongoing language policy issues. Though each country has enacted policies in attempts to combat language difficulties, many of these policies have been largely regarded as ineffective, as they have either not been properly upheld or received repeated pushback from citizens. It will also be necessary to explore each country’s efforts to deal with language policies and will evaluate through this how to effectively measure a country’s success in managing multilingualism and language rights. …