Elite engagement in language policy and planning: Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi and the advancement of Arabization in Algeria
[Thesis]
Aja Quinn Chaker
Potter, Terrence M.
Georgetown University
2015
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Committee members: Ryding, Karin C.; Wahba, Kassem M.
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-68392-9
Ph.D.
Arabic and Islamic Studies
Georgetown University
2015
This dissertation looks at elite engagement in the process of language policy and planning in Algeria after independence, highlighting the connection between ideology and the development of national identity. To achieve this, the study examines the memoirs of Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi, Algeria's Minister of Education from 1965-70 and Minister of Culture and Information from 1970-77, focusing on specific linguistic markers and narrative techniques to understand how Ibrahimi came to construct his own identity, as well as a collective Algerian identity that he sought to promote through education and the media. Theoretical bases include a social understanding of language as per Bakhtin, Billig's work on banal nationalism, Ager's understanding of the role of elites in developing national language policy, and Suleiman's treatment of the Arabic language and its place in the development of national identity.
Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Language acquisition; National languages; Arabic language; Narratives; Language planning; Cultural identity; Language culture relationship; Politics; Language policy; Self concept; Social identity; Education policy; National identity; Education; Ideology; Voicing
Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;Education;Algeria;Arabic;Identity studies;Language planning;Language policy;Narrative analysis