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dc.contributor.author | Sindile Dlodlo | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-11T14:10:23Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-11T14:10:23Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2024-02-07 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5946 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper interrogates the importance of minority languages in expressing symbols of national identity in Zimbabwe where minority languages have been officially recognised since 2013. The national symbol of focus is the national anthem. Using critical sociolinguistics, the study analyses responses from speakers of selected minority languages in Zimbabwe with regard to their language preferences, choices and limitations as they express national symbols. Selected groups comprise speakers of Sotho, Kalanga, Nambya and Tonga. Language activists and scholars have lobbied for the use of minority languages in every sphere of Zimbabwean life. The extent to which ordinary citizens advocate similarly is less understood as speakers of minority languages have different concerns in terms of the role played by their languages in fostering a Zimbabwean identity, especially through identity markers such as national anthems. This study seeks to fill that lacuna in the literature. Findings indicate ambivalent positions among speakers of minority languages as not all of them subscribe to the activist thinking. The group which fully embraces activist advocacy is the Tonga speakers who have historically exercised autonomy. Other groups’ identities are shaped by the speakers’ protracted experience with dominant languages and consequent attitudes towards dominant and minority languages. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis Group | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | African Identities | en_US |
dc.subject | Minority | en_US |
dc.subject | languages | en_US |
dc.subject | identity | en_US |
dc.subject | national symbols | en_US |
dc.title | A losing battle? Interrogating the importance of ‘minority’ languages in expressing symbols of national identity in Zimbabwe | en_US |
dc.type | research article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2024.2308636 | - |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Department of Languages, Literature and Cultural Studies, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe | en_US |
dc.relation.issn | 1472-5851 | en_US |
dc.description.startpage | 1 | en_US |
dc.description.endpage | 16 | en_US |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.openairetype | research article | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
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