The Sociolinguistic Situation in North Africa: Recognizing and Institutionalizing Tamazight and New Challenges
The Sociolinguistic Situation in North Africa: Recognizing and Institutionalizing Tamazight and New Challenges
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北非的社会语言状况:认识塔马齐特并将其制度化和新挑战
DOI:
10.1146/annurev-linguistics-030521-054916
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Ali Alalou
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作者:
Ali Alalou
This article reviews several issues that are important for understanding the sociolinguistic situation in North Africa, with an emphasis on Morocco. The article surveys the manner in which North Africa's sociolinguistic profile has evolved over the last two decades (2001–2021). The topics discussed here include the tumultuous and chaotic promotion of monolingualism and the relentless efforts to erase and expunge Amazigh identity from North Africa despite the region's long history of linguistic diversity. Based on an imported ideological slant, these attempts to erase Amazigh identity lasted for decades and contributed to the marginalization of Amazigh people and other minorized communities in the region.