Logo Lanfrica
  • Home
  • Atlas
  • Insights
  • Docs
  • Sign in

© 2026 Lanfrica. All rights reserved. All copyrights of the resources shown on the Lanfrica website belong to the original copyright holders, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Federal language policy and practice in Ethiopia: A critical discourse analysis perspective

Record type:

paper
Creator:
Ara
Publisher:
ITY
Host:avatar
This study aims to delve into Ethiopia's federal language policy and practice from a critical discourse analysis perspective. Primary and secondary data were collected from 8 key informants and government documents, respectively. The data were analyzed through critical discourse analysis. The results indicate that there is a self-contradiction in both the text and discourse internal structures of the federal language policy of the government. There is also inconsistency in the implementation of the policy. For one, the government recognizes the equality of languages constitutionally, but it, in practice, promotes only Amharic at the federal level. For another, it obliges all linguistic groups to learn at least one indigenous language other than their own. Still, many children, specifically of the Amhara linguistic group, are not learning any indigenous language besides their own.

Visit

doi.orgjournal.mu.edu.et

Languages

Amharic

Tags

Critical Discourse AnalysisEthiopiaFederal language policyfederal language practice

Licenses

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Similar

Sexism in Language: A Critical Discourse Analysis PerspectiveCOLONIAL LANGUAGE POLICY IN KENYA: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF TEXTS, POWER RELATIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICEFederal Language Practice, Linguistic Resistance, and Policy Options in EthiopiaRethinking the language of politics in 21st century Zimbabwe: A critical discourse analysis perspectiveLanguage policy debate and the discursive construction of Tamazight in Moroccan news media: a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysisAdolescent fertility in Zambia- a critical discourse analysis of adolescent fertility control from a postcolonial perspective

Sexism in Language: A Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective

Language plays a crucial role in perpetuating sexism and gender inequality. The research draws on th

COLONIAL LANGUAGE POLICY IN KENYA: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF TEXTS, POWER RELATIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE

This study investigates colonial language policy in Kenya through the lens of critical discourse ana

Federal Language Practice, Linguistic Resistance, and Policy Options in Ethiopia

The aim of this paper is to examine language policy and linguistic resistance over the use of Amhari

Rethinking the language of politics in 21st century Zimbabwe: A critical discourse analysis perspective

Language policy debate and the discursive construction of Tamazight in Moroccan news media: a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis

Adolescent fertility in Zambia- a critical discourse analysis of adolescent fertility control from a postcolonial perspective

Abstract Background Despite global and regional policies that promote the reduction of ado