Faculty of Humanities
School of Languages
Department of Afrikaans
Webb, VN
BA(Hons) MA(Natal) DLitt et Phil(Unisa) - Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2332
Fax number: 012 420 2349
E-mail address: vic.webb@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Politics of Language
Language structure
Language and culture
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Webb VN: 2004. African languages as media of instruction in South Africa: Stating the case. Language Problems and Language Planning, 28 (2), John Benjamins Publishing Co., pp 147-173.
Webb VN: 2004. Language Education Policy in an Emerging African Democracy. Invited commentary on Elana Shohamy: Implications of Language Education Policies for Language Study in Schools and Universities, in, vol. 87 (2), Summer. Pp. 288-290. The Modern Language Journal, 87 (2), Blackwell Publishing, pp 288-290.
Chapters in books:
Webb VN, Lepota B, Ramagoshi (Malimabe) RM: 2004. Using Northern Sotho as medium of instruction in vocational training. In Globalisation and African Languages. Risks and Benefits, (8), Mouton de Gruyter, Berlyn, pp 119-146.
Webb VN: 2004. Language policy in post-apartheid South Africa. In Medium of Instruction Policies: Which agenda? Whose agenda?, (11), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, USA, pp 217-239.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
Webb VN: 2004. The role of language in economic development. In Tied Tongues. The African Renaissance as a Challenge for Language Planning, (4), LIT Verlag, Munster, pp 61-84.
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