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Pluricentric Languages in Africa and in Other Regions of the World

This volume contains the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Pluricentric Languages and their Non-Dominant Varieties. It comprises papers that discuss several pluricentric languages and their non-dominant varieties from different regions of the world, much in keeping with the diverse range of topics that were presented at the online conference that was hosted by the University of Leipzig on August 23-24, 2023. As the subtitle of the conference was Pluricentric Languages, Multilingualism, and Linguistic Dehegemonisation in Africa, the primary focus of the volume is also on pluricentric languages in a highly diverse, multilingual African context. The contributions in the second part of the volume (i.e. the final five papers) are concerned with topics that are related to pluricentric languages and their non-dominant varieties in other areas of the world, such as the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East.

A língua Portuguesa falada em Timor-Leste: Um estudo ecolinguístico

Portuguese is the official language of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, alongside Tetun Prasa (an Austronesian language and local lingua franca). In this work, I carry out a study of the Portuguese spoken in East Timor in order to verify whether it is possible to recognize a variety of Portuguese in formation. Other objectives include its documentation and description of its most notable linguistic aspects, as well as to develop actions to value it inside and outside East Timorese society in latter moments of the investigation. In order to achieve the objectives, I use Ecolinguistic theory and its different methods of analysis, which cover linguistic and extralinguistic topics, so that it is possible to describe accurately the Portuguese language in Timor, approaching several aspects of the researched object. It is emphasized here that a position of preserving the (possible) variety of the Portuguese language spoken in East Timor is also an ecological stance since it is aiming to maintain the linguistic diversity of the Portuguese language in the world.

A History of Language-learning among the Muslims of South Asia

This is the first book-length study of the history of language teaching and learning among South Asia Muslims. It traces the history of language¬ teaching among the Muslims of north India and present-day Pakistan, and then relates language-learning (the demand) and teaching (the supply) to ideology (or world view) and power. It makes the point that the Muslims in this part of the world, like other people elsewhere, learned languages to empower themselves by acquiring marketable linguistic skills at all periods of history. It also argues that those who determine what languages and what textbooks are to be taught, would like and are in a position to promote the ideology which, in their opinion, promotes or consolidates their own power, or maintains the status quo. In short, the teaching and learning of languages is linked to the distribution of power which, in turn, is connected to employment, promotion of certain ideologies, shaping of identities, and national interest.