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Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy Game-Theoretic Solutions

:	Ettien Koffi
:	Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy Game-Theoretic Solutions
:	De Gruyter Mouton
:	9781934078112
:	Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]ISSN
:	1
:	CHF 159.80
:

:	Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
:	English

:	347
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< doctype html public '-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en'>< class=MsoNormal style='MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none'>The book proposes a paradigm shift in language planning and language policy inAfrica. The new democratic model for language planning has several assets over the traditional hegemonic language of wider communication (LWC) model: It does not endanger minority languages, nor does it endanger social cohesion in multilingual countries; it is less costly andmakes literacy in the mother tongue marketable. The theory that undergirds the democratic model is the Strategic Game Theory.

< class=MsoNormal style='MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt'>Ettien Koffi, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.

	Acknowledgments	8
	Preface	10
	Abbreviations	20
	Contents	14
	1 Ten deadly impediments to language planning in Africa Introduction	22
	1.1 Excessive theorization	23
	1.2 The glorification of the LWC mode	25
	1.3 Faulty assessment of ethnolinguistic loyalty	27
	1.4 Elite hypocrisy	32
	1.5 Unaddressed parental concerns	35
	1.6 The low marketability of African languages	37
	1.7 The “dependency” syndrome	41
	1.8 The rigidity of mother-tongue acquisition models	43
	1.9 The alleged prohibitive cost	48
	1.10 “Manisfesto syndrome” and the language plan of action for Africa	50
	1.11 Summary	54
	2 The strategic Game theory and 3±1 language outcome	56
	Introduction	56
	2.1 Correcting some misconceptions about the Game theory	57
	2.2 The universality of games	58
	2.3 Modern Game theory	60
	2.4 The working parables of the Game theory	74
	2.5 Introducing the Predictioneer's Model	79
	2.6 Summary	94
	3 A Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in French and Portuguese colonies	96
	Introduction	96
	3.1 The Game theory and colonialism studies	97
	3.2 The rationales for colonialism	98
	3.3 Overview of French colonialism	108
	3.4 A Game-theoretic analysis of players' preference	117
	3.5 Overview of Portuguese colonialism	118
	3.6 Implications for language planning in French and Portuguese colonies	125
	3.7 Summary	127
	4 A Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in Belgian, British, and German colonies	130
	Introduction	130
	4.1 The legacy of the pluralistic language ideology	130
	4.2 Overview of British colonialism	131
	4.3 Overview of Belgian colonies: Congo, Burundi, Rwanda	151
	4.4 Overview of German colonies	158
	4.5 Summary	167
	5 Case study: Rethinking mother-tongue education in Cote d'Ivoire	168
	Introduction	168
	5.1 Sociolinguistic survey of Cote d'Ivoire	168
	5.2 The co-habitation of French and indigenous Ivorian languages	174
	5.3 Experimentation with TIM	180
	5.4 Workable models of language of education	192
	5.5 MM and the 3±1 language outcome	195
	5.6 Personnel planning	197
	5.7 Potential obstacles	198
	5.8 Summary	200
	6 Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in African megacities	202
	Introduction	202
	6.1 Urbanization in Africa: Historical overview	202
	6.2 Colonial and post-colonial urbanization	205
	6.3 Rationale of the unprecedented urban growth	209
	6.4 Unemployment, underemployment and urbanization	210
	6.5 Assessing ethnolinguistic loyalty	211
	6.6 The ethnolinguistic profile of African megacities	214
	6.7 The ethnolinguistic occupation of urban spaces	215
	6.8 Urbanization and social network analysis	217
	6.9 Social network analysis in megacities	219
	6.10 Language of education policy in megacities with linguistic homogeneity	222
	6.11 Language of education policy in megacities with ethnolinguistic dominance	223
	6.12 Language of education policy in megacities with ethnolinguistic dominance	225
	6.13 Language planning in cities with ethnolinguistic equilibrium	226
	6.14 Abidjan as a case study	227
	6.15 The implementation of MM in Abidjan	228
	6.16 Language endangerment in African megacities	230
	6.17 Summary	230
	7 Framework and rationale for literacy planning in rural Africa	232
	Introduction	232
	7.1 The state of adult literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa	232
	7.2 A framework for literacy planning	235
	7.3 How	244
	7.4 Why	254
	7.5 The quest for an optimal model of literacy planning	263
	7.6 Summary	271
	8 Planning multiple languages on a shoestring budget for profit Introduction	272
	8.1 An overview of the economics of language	273
	8.2 Paradigm shift in language planning	276
	8.3 Application to Cote d'Ivoire	280
	8.4 A quick overview of MM	289
	8.5 Overall cost comparisons and cost-benefit analyses	295
	8.6 Language planning for all	301
	8.7 Summary	304
	9 Individual efforts in language planning	306
	Introduction	306
	9.1 Genre, organization, and selection	307
	9.2 St. Stefan of Perm	308
	9.3 Eliezer Ben Yehuda	311
	9.4 The Reformation interlude	314
	9.5 Samuel Ajayi Crowther	316
	9.6 Europeans missionaries' language planning strategies in Africa	321
	9.7 A comparison of the past and the present	326
	9.8 Summary	330
	References	332
	Index	346