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Changes in the Linguistic Landscape Resulting from Zimbabwe’s Post-2000 Land Reforms: Recasting the First and Second Chimurenga Narratives
Language Matters ( IF 0.583 ) Pub Date : 2018-12-05 , DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2018.1539119
Vincent Jenjekwa 1 , Lawrie Barnes 1
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Abstract

This article examines changes in the linguistic landscape of Zimbabwe which resulted from the post-2000 land reforms. When veterans of Zimbabwe’s War of Liberation assumed occupancy of former white-owned farms, they immediately pronounced their take-over of the land through changes in place names. The resultant toponyms are anchored in the discourses of the First and Second Chimurenga. Through recasting the Chimurenga (war of liberation) narrative, the proponents of the post-2000 land reforms endeavoured to create a historical continuum from the colonisation of Zimbabwe in 1890 to the post-2000 reforms, which were perceived as an attempt to redress the historical anomaly of land inequality. This study, which focuses on the changes in the linguistic landscape of Gutu District, Masvingo Province, made use of in-depth interviews, document study and observation as data generation methods. The theoretical underpinnings are based in post-colonial theory with a particular focus on the concept of onomastic erasure.



中文翻译:

津巴布韦2000年后土地改革导致的语言格局变化:重塑第一和第二基穆朗加叙述

摘要

本文探讨了2000年后土地改革导致津巴布韦语言格局的变化。津巴布韦解放战争的退伍军人占领了前白人拥有的农场时,他们立即宣布要通过更改地名来占领该土地。由此产生的地名被固定在第一和第二Chimurenga的论述中。通过重铸基穆伦加(解放战争)叙事,2000年后土地改革的支持者努力创造一个历史连续体,从1890年的津巴布韦殖民化到2000年后改革,这被认为是纠正土地不平等的历史异常的尝试。 。这项研究着眼于马斯温戈省古图区语言环境的变化,利用深度访谈,文献研究和观察作为数据生成方法。这些理论的基础是后殖民理论,特别侧重于本体擦除的概念。

更新日期:2018-12-05
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