Orthographic Policy and Planning in Sénégal/Senegaal: The Détournement of Orthographic Stereotypes

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Working Papers in Educational Linguistics (WPEL)
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Evers, Cécile
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This paper examines the interlocking nature of corpus policy and cultivation planning through a case study of the Wolof orthography and its changing role in the Senegalese educational landscape. Until recently, local language orthographies have been the purview of a very limited slice of Senegalese society. Absent, as they were, from formal education in the post-independence period, Wolof orthographies were practiced only by a small group of leftist Senegalese intellectuals, and later by the informal education movement. I trace how the various orthographies of Wolof (viz., French, indigenous, and standard orthographies of Wolof) have been taken up by (often) unexpected actors - new political players, international bodies, and many Senegalese youth - and look into what enables orthographies to function as useful tools in the construction of a post-colonial state, particularly one comprising such different social projects for the future.

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2011-04-01
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Spring 2011
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