AA 2006 Supplementum 2

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    Multilingualism, Afrikaans and normative political theory
    (University of the Free State, 2006) Duvenage, Pieter
    English: This contribution focuses on the survival of Afrikaans within the framework of a multilingual South Africa. The first section provides a brief historical reconstruction of the power-political shifts that Afrikaans underwent between 1966 and 2004. In the second section some of the arguments that were used for and against Afrikaans between 1994 and 2004 are presented. In the last section these arguments are shifted to the terrain of contemporary normative political theory, where three aspects are important: the question of addressing language loss in the world; the importance of multicultural citizenship, and the need for a more profound and multilingual understanding of democracy. In short: a democracy is not just characterised by the instrumental counting of votes, but also by the qualitative articulation of different voices.
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    Revisiting the South African book market: towards a change of tongue?
    (University of the Free State, 2006) Morgan, Naomi
    English: In this overview of the South African book market, based on publications until July 2006, the publication of novels is divided into three language categories: English, Afrikaans and African languages. As regards the last two categories, a multilingual book market with the possibility of being translated into the world’s most important literary languages, would be considered ideal. Historical, social and personal reasons for choosing a language other than the writer’s mother tongue are investigated. A tendency amongst writers from these language groups to write or to begin writing in English solely for financial reasons is also investigated.