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Peer reviewedMay, Stephen – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
Response to an article on multiculturalism and status of community languages in Australia finds three areas in which the author's optimism appears not to be justified: argument that placing economic value on languages automatically works in favor of linguistic minorities; assumption that minority languages all have similar economic value; and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Economics, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
