The Language of Identity and Learning in Politics and Economics: A Cohesive, Pluralist, and Diverse Model

Volume 1|Issue 1| Summer 2012 |Articles

Abstract

​According to the author of this study, Morocco's language crisis was brought about by the linguistic policies of Francophone political, economic, literary, and intellectual elites. Additionally, the crisis was intensified by constitutional provisions for bilingualism in Morocco, whereby Arabic became the language of the street and French the language of the elite, interests, and decision-making. This study focuses on the role of language policies in forming the map of political and social forces in Morocco and the production of interest and pressure groups that reproduced inequality and redistributed capacity and authority, which allowed another language community, Tamazight, to obtain recognition in the new constitution.

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Professor of Arabic and Comparative Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Rabat, Morocco. His publications include Language Policy in Arab Countries: In search of a Natural, Fair, Democratic, and Effective Environment and The Crisis of the Arabic Language in Morocco: Between the Imbalances of Pluralism and the Falterings of Translation.

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