{"title":"Setswana and the Building of a Nation State","authors":"K. Monaka, A. Chebanne","doi":"10.1353/anl.2019.0010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The Constitution of Botswana recognizes a monolithic, homogeneous Tswana state; the twenty-five or more non-Tswana groups are thus marginalized. This article traces the beginnings of this detrimental misconception and demonstrates how it has been perpetuated through other policies. (Se)Tswana language dominance and its use in the building of a Tswana nation state in the context of linguistic and cultural diversity are discussed, along with the role of the education system, and in particular, the language-in-education policy, in the building of a nation state. The dire consequences of this dominance are noted, and a survey of developments on marginalized languages in the country as a preservation and survival measure is presented.","PeriodicalId":35350,"journal":{"name":"Anthropological Linguistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/anl.2019.0010","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Anthropological Linguistics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/anl.2019.0010","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:The Constitution of Botswana recognizes a monolithic, homogeneous Tswana state; the twenty-five or more non-Tswana groups are thus marginalized. This article traces the beginnings of this detrimental misconception and demonstrates how it has been perpetuated through other policies. (Se)Tswana language dominance and its use in the building of a Tswana nation state in the context of linguistic and cultural diversity are discussed, along with the role of the education system, and in particular, the language-in-education policy, in the building of a nation state. The dire consequences of this dominance are noted, and a survey of developments on marginalized languages in the country as a preservation and survival measure is presented.
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Anthropological Linguistics, a quarterly journal founded in 1959, provides a forum for the full range of scholarly study of the languages and cultures of the peoples of the world, especially the native peoples of the Americas. Embracing the field of language and culture broadly defined, the editors welcome articles and research reports addressing cultural, historical, and philological aspects of linguistic study, including analyses of texts and discourse; studies of semantic systems and cultural classifications; onomastic studies; ethnohistorical papers that draw significantly on linguistic data; studies of linguistic prehistory and genetic classification.
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