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Multilingualism and government : Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, former Yugoslavia, South Africa

Kas Deprez, Theo du Plessis

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Multilingualism and Government in Belgium: Belgium - from a unitary to a federal state the Belgian language law in administrative matters the Court of Arbitration the German-speaking community in Belgium. Multilingualism and Government in two other European countries: Language policy in multilingual Switzerland Multilingualism and language policy in Luxembourg. Multilingualism and Government in South Africa: On the directives concerning language in the South African Constitution the National Language Service and the new language policy the mission and activities of the Pan South African Language Board. Nation building and language building: Why the Nguni and the Sotho languages in South Africa should be harmonised.

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Multilingualism and Government in Belgium: Belgium - from a unitary to a federal state the Belgian language law in administrative matters the Court of Arbitration the German-speaking community in Belgium. Multilingualism and Government in two other European countries: Language policy in multilingual Switzerland Multilingualism and language policy in Luxembourg. Multilingualism and Government in South Africa: On the directives concerning language in the South African Constitution the National Language Service and the new language policy the mission and activities of the Pan South African Language Board. Nation building and language building: Why the Nguni and the Sotho languages in South Africa should be harmonised.

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Multilingualism and Government in Belgium: Belgium - from a unitary to a federal state the Belgian language law in administrative matters the Court of Arbitration the German-speaking community in Belgium. Multilingualism and Government in two other European countries: Language policy in multilingual Switzerland Multilingualism and language policy in Luxembourg. Multilingualism and Government in South Africa: On the directives concerning language in the South African Constitution the National Language Service and the new language policy the mission and activities of the Pan South African Language Board. Nation building and language building: Why the Nguni and the Sotho languages in South Africa should be harmonised.

Key concepts: Multilingualism, Language policy, Political science, German, Government (linguistics), National language, Linguistics, Constitution

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