On the dialectics of policy and practice: Multilingualism and the virtual linguistic landscape of a South African university

语言景观 语言政策 多语种 语言学 网络空间 社会学 背景(考古学) 政治学 计算机科学 万维网 地理 教育学 互联网 哲学 考古
作者
Busani Maseko,Liqhwa Siziba
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期刊:Cogent Arts & Humanities [Taylor & Francis]
卷期号:10 (2) 被引量:8
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DOI:10.1080/23311983.2023.2268395
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Previous studies on linguistic landscapes have focused on language representation in public signs within fixed physical places. Recent developments on the global stage have brought dynamics of language contestations in virtual spaces to prominence. This study deploys the notion of Virtual Linguistic Landscape (VLL) to explore the nature of language visibility in cyberspace as a virtual linguistic landscape construction. By conceptualising websites as virtual public spaces, the paper analyses language practices on a South African university's website to understand how they align with the institution's multilingual language policy, in a context where websites have become indispensable avenues for communication. As a monologic web 1.0 arena, the university's website is framed as an important space to scrutinise the dynamics of top-down language policy implementation. The study reveals that language use on the university's website does not auger with the language policy's commitment to equitably use, promotion and development of the university's four languages. The VLL of the university is dominated by English and Afrikaans in varying extents while Setswana remains in a subordinate position. Sesotho is completely invisibilised on the website. The paper argues that these language practices validate pervasive language ideologies that valorise English and devalue indigenous African languages in cyberspace.
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