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LPP821S - LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING - 1ST OPP - NOVEMBER 2023 |
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n Am I BI A u n IVE Rs ITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTYNAME:COMMERCE,HUMAN SCIENCES& EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTNAME: COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION:BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS HONOURS
QUALIFICATIONCODE:08BENH
LEVEL:8
COURSE:LANGUAGE POLICYAND
PLANNING
SESSION:NOVEMBER 2023
COURSECODE:LPP821S
PAPER:THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 75
EXAMINERS
MODERATOR
FIRSTOPPORTUNITYEXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
Ms. A. Nghikembua
Dr. A. Simataa
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer FIVE questions ONLY.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
THIS EXAMINATION PAPERCONSISTSOF 4 PAGES
(Including this front page)
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Answer ALL the questions
Section A
QUESTION 1: MATCHING QUESTIONS
[30 marks]
1. Match the terminology in column A with the descriptions in column C.
2. Write your answer in column B following the example; (3.1) - (a).
A
B
C
TERMINOLOGY
Answer
DESCRIPTION
3.1. Lingua franca
a. A variety of language defined by the users'
regional and socio-economic origins
3.2. Official language
b. A language that is spoken in more than two
countries
3.3. Multilingualism
C. An imaginary device that Chomsky identified
as the ability to acquire language that is possessed
by all normal human beings.
3.4. Language
d. Some agencies, such as an academy, has
Purification
written dictionaries and grammar books to 'fix' the
variety so that everyone, agrees on what is correct
3.5. Language reform
e. The language in which the main official
business is conducted.
3.6. Dialect
f. The chosen variety has been accepted by the
relevant population as the variety of the
community
3.7. Codification
g. It involves efforts to influence several users
and the distribution of languages and literacies,
achieved by creating opportunities and incentives
to learn them.
3.8. Acquisition
h. a deliberate effort to influence the function,
planning
structure or acquisition of a language or language
variety within a speech community
3.9. Acceptance
i. Prescription of usage to preserve the
linguistic purity of language, protect language from
foreign influences and guard against language
deviation from within.
3.10. Policy
j. The use of two or more languages in the same
formulation
utterance
3.11. Language
k. Permits contest and negotiation that can be
acquisition device
seen as the effort of institutions and diverse
interest to shape, direct and influence the
conclusion of the practices and patterns.
3.12. Discourse
I. Elaboration of language through literacy
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planning
3.13. System theory
3.14. Language
planning
3.15. Modernisation
programs, or purpose of use
m. deliberate change in specific aspects of
language, like orthography, spelling or grammar, in
order to facilitate use
n. The application of systems thinking enables
language planners to begin with the total context
and from there, they can work inwards to smaller
components.
o. articulating the plan through a planning
agency or authority (determination: deciding on
the plan's purpose)
QUESTION 2
Explain 6 criteria below that were used to motivate the choice of the official language in
Namibia.
(6)
Unifying
Feasible
Acceptable
Familiar
Facilitate Pan Africanism
Language of wider communication (trade, UN)
QUESTION 3
Using examples, differentiate between language assimilation and language pluralism in the
language planning process.
(4)
QUESTION 4
What is the role of government in language planning? Discussfour constraints that African
governments are facing in language planning/language policy.
(10)
• Financial constraints
• Historical constraints
• Political constraints
• Economic constraints
• Socio- cultural constraints
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SECTION B: STRUCTURED QUESTIONS
[25 MARKS]
This section consists of 2 questions answer ONLY any ONE question.
Question 5
Write an essay in which you discuss any three of Eastman's (1983) Theories of language
planning. Use practical examples related to the language planning context in your country.
(25)
OR
Question 6
Write an essay in which you discuss Haugen's (1983) model of language planning. Use practical
examples related to the language planning context in your country.
(25)
Content [20]
Structure [5]
End of exam paper
Total marks [75]
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