The sociolinguistics of multilingualism in Uganda : a case study of the official and non-official language policy, planning and management of Luruuri-Lunyara and Luganda
This research is a sociolinguistic study that looks at the use of Luruuri, a minority language spoken in the Lake Kyoga basin and Luganda, a majority language spoken in central Uganda. It analyses the relationship between language management and maintenance, investigating both official and non-official language management. The main aim of the study was to question the role of language policy and planning in language maintenance, especially in maintaining languages in a stable multilingual setting. The study follows the formal/traditional language policy and planning frameworks and the theory of language management inspired by the work of Bernard Spolsky (2009). Data was obtained through field work in Uganda, where various sociolinguistic research methods including ethnographic, sociolinguistic and linguistic analytical methods were employed. Data was analysed qualitatively in order to ascertain their sociolinguistic position and use. Findings revealed increased prestige and status awarded to English, the language of all official communications, while local languages lack such functions. It also revealed increased dominance of majority languages over less used languages especially in the public domains which
Nakayiza, Judith
The sociolinguistics of multilingualism in Uganda : a case study of the official and non-official language policy, planning and management of Luruuri-Lunyara and Luganda. This research is a sociolinguistic study that looks at the use of Luruuri, a minority language spoken in the Lake Kyoga basin and Luganda, a majority language spoken in central Uganda. It analyses the relationship between language management and maintenance, investigating both official and non-official language management. The main aim of the study was to question the role of language policy and planning in language maintenance, especially in maintaining languages in a stable multilingual setting. The study follows the formal/traditional language policy and planning frameworks and the theory of language management inspired by the work of Bernard Spolsky (2009). Data was obtained through field work in Uganda, where various sociolinguistic research methods including ethnographic, sociolinguistic and linguistic analytical methods were employed. Data was analysed qualitatively in order to ascertain their sociolinguistic position and use. Findings revealed increased prestige and status awarded to English, the language of all official communications, while local languages lack such functions. It also revealed increased dominance of majority languages over less used languages especially in the public domains which
sociolinguistics multilingualism uganda case_study official non_official language_policy plan management sociolinguistic_study look use minority_language speak lake basin majority_language spoken central uganda analysis relationship language management maintenance investigate official non_official language management main_aim study question role language_policy planning language maintenance especially maintain language stable multilingual setting study follow formal traditional language_policy planning framework theory language management inspired work spolsky data_obtain field work uganda various sociolinguistic method_include ethnographic sociolinguistic linguistic analytical_method employ data_analyse qualitatively order ascertain sociolinguistic position use findings reveal increase prestige status award english_language official communication local_language lack function also_reveal increased dominance majority languages less used language especially public_domain