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Life sciences reading material in vernacular: lessons from developing a bilingual (IsiZulu and English) book on South African frogs
Current Issues in Language Planning ( IF 2.030 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-07 , DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2021.1936397
Fortunate Mafeta Phaka 1, 2 , Dax Ovid 3
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ABSTRACT

The discussion of African languages as languages of learning and teaching can be traced back to the 1980s. To date, this discussion still continues and efforts to intellectualise African languages have been lax. Here, we present practical South African examples of higher education achievements in African languages that demonstrate the challenges and opportunities of African language planning and corpus development. We particularly focus on the development of a peer-reviewed bilingual (IsiZulu and English) book on the frogs of Zululand, South Africa. The publication under consideration falls within the life sciences, and it is the first comprehensive book on South African frogs to be written in an African language. Developing life sciences reading material in vernacular is a time-consuming process that requires a multidisciplinary team which understands both life and social sciences. Furthermore, when vocabulary relating to a focal species is undocumented, field research is necessary to identify the nuances of a specific language or culture. This language planning effort under discussion demonstrates the IsiZulu language’s ability to communicate life sciences and how language planning efforts can be made integrative and inclusive of previously marginalised languages.



中文翻译:

白话文生命科学阅读材料:开发一本关于南非青蛙的双语(伊西祖鲁语和英语)书籍的经验教训

摘要

将非洲语言作为学习和教学语言的讨论可以追溯到 1980 年代。迄今为止,这种讨论仍在继续,使非洲语言智能化的努力一直松懈。在这里,我们展示了南非在非洲语言方面取得的高等教育成就的实际例子,展示了非洲语言规划和语料库发展的挑战和机遇。我们特别关注关于南非祖鲁兰青蛙的同行评审双语(伊西祖鲁语和英语)书籍的开发。正在考虑的出版物属于生命科学领域,它是第一本用非洲语言编写的关于南非青蛙的综合性书籍。用白话编写生命科学阅读材料是一个耗时的过程,需要一个了解生命科学和社会科学的多学科团队。此外,当与焦点物种相关的词汇没有记录时,有必要进行实地研究以确定特定语言或文化的细微差别。正在讨论的这项语言规划工作展示了伊西祖鲁语交流生命科学的能力,以及如何使语言规划工作能够整合和包容以前被边缘化的语言。

更新日期:2021-06-07
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