Advanced search
Publication Cover
Language Matters
Studies in the Languages of Africa
Volume 46, 2015 - Issue 3: Language Politics in Africa
Submit an article Journal homepage
80
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

From the Chichewa Board to the Centre for Language Studies: a Critique of a Malawian Language Academy

Gregory KamwendoSchool of Education, University of KwaZulu-NatalCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 407-417 | Published online: 16 Dec 2015

References

  • African Union. 2010. Report of the first planning committee meeting of the Chichewa/Cinyanja Language Commission, Blantyre, Malawi, 12 – 13 August, 2010.
  • Banda, H. K. 1968. Closing speech at the Malawi Congress Party annual convention, Lilongwe, 21 September, 1968.
  • Banda, H. K. 1972. Closing speech at the Malawi Congress Party annual convention, 16 September, 1972.
  • Banda, H.K. 1975. Talk on Chichewa, Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 15 October 1975.
  • Banda, F. ed. 2002. Language across the borders: Harmonization and standardization of orthographic conventions of Central African languages. Cape Town: Centre for the Advanced Studies of African Society.
  • Chancellor College, University of Malawi. 1995. Proposal for the establishment of a Centre for Language Studies. Paper reference CC/2/1/3/1.
  • Chichewa Board. 1990. Chichewa orthography rules. Revised edition. Limbe: Montfort Press.
  • Chichewa Board. 1992. Brief report on the progress of the dictionary compiling. Paper BM/2/1/30.
  • Chichewa Board. 1994. Development proposal: 1995 – 97. Zomba: Chichewa Board.
  • Estival, D. and A. Pennycook. 2011. L'Academie francaise and Anglophome language ideologies. Language policy 10: 325–341. doi: 10.1007/s10993-011-9215-6
  • Kamwendo, G. H. 1999a.Work in progress: The Chichewa dictionary project. Malilime: Malawian Journal of Linguistics 1: 47–56.
  • Kamwendo, G. H. 1999b. Centre for Language Studies: An overview. Malilime: Malawian Journal of Linguistics 1: 41–46.
  • Kamwendo, G. H. 2002.The monolingual Chichewa dictionary project: A preliminary report. In Talking freedom: Language and democracy in Southern Africa, ed. K. Legere and S. Fitchat, 143–148. Windhoek: Gamsberg Macmillan.
  • Kamwendo, G. H. 2004. Language policy in health services: A sociolinguistic study of a Malawian referral hospital. Unpublished PhD thesis, Helsinki University.
  • Kamwendo, G. H. 2013. Chichewa or Cinyanja: Problems in the naming of a cross-border language. Nomina Africana 27(2): 31–41.
  • Kayambazinthu, E. 1998. Language planning situation in Malawi. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 19(5&6): 369–439. doi: 10.1080/01434639808666363
  • Paffey, D. 2007. Policing the Spanish language debate: Verbal hygiene and the Spanish language academy (Real Academia Espanola). Language Policy (6): 313–332. doi: 10.1007/s10993-007-9064-5
  • Republic of Zimbabwe. 2013. Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment No 20. Harare: Government of Zimbabwe.
  • Spolsky, B. 2009. Language management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Spolsky, B. ed. 2011a. Special issue on language academies and management agencies. Language Policy 10(4): 285–376. doi: 10.1007/s10993-011-9218-3
  • Spolsky, B. 2011b. Language academies and other language management agencies. Language Policy 10(4): 285–287. doi: 10.1007/s10993-011-9218-3
  • Thomas, G. 1991. Linguistic purism. London: Longman.
  • Tosi, A. 2011. The Accademia della Crusca in Italy: Past and present. Language Policy (10): 289 – 303.
  • United Democratic Front. 1993. Towards a better Malawi: A manifesto. Blantyre: United Democratic Front.
  • Zeleza, P. T. 1996. Banishing words and stories: Censoring in Banda's Malawi. CODESRIA Bulletin 1: 10–14.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.