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11 - Wikipedia as a Transformative Multilingual Knowledge Resource

from Part III - Digitalisation and Democratisation of Knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
Laurette Pretorius  and
Friedel Wolff
Edited by
Russell H. Kaschula  and
H. Ekkehard Wolff
Russell H. Kaschula
Affiliation:
Rhodes University, South Africa
H. Ekkehard Wolff
Affiliation:
Universität Leipzig
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Summary

The chapter further posits that the current language practices need to be addressed and the prestige of African languages in the South African banking industry needs to be revitalised as a matter of urgency. The chapter engages in a systematic literature review and qualitative methods, that is, the questionnaire, interviews and observations in the banks. These methods will assist the researcher to be able to analyse the multilingual language policies and their relationship with the everyday use of African languages in the South African banks.

Keywords

Inclusive knowledge societylanguage diversitylanguage technologyunder-resourced languagesWikipediatransformation
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The Transformative Power of Language
From Postcolonial to Knowledge Societies in Africa
 , pp. 232 - 246
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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