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Peer reviewedEastman, Carol M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1992
Twelve papers on codeswitching are reviewed briefly in this introduction to a special journal issue. The following topics are covered: borrowing versus codeswitching, codeswitching in a political discourse context, situational uses. (16 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Cultural Pluralism, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
Download full textKwofie, Emmanuel N. – 1977
This is a reflection on certain aspects of sociolinguistic and linguistic problems of French in West Africa, particularly in Senegal and the Ivory Coast. The sociolinguistic section discusses the role French has played in Africa and still plays vis-a-vis African languages and English. Conditions in which French is used and attitudes both of…
Descriptors: Dialects, French, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns
Haasbroek, J. B.; Botha, Petro – 1989
In this investigation of education, conducted in South West Africa/Namibia, it was found that the medium of instruction was one of the basic causes of the teaching and educational problems experienced at schools. In South West Africa/Namibia, several languages, including English and Afrikaans as official languages, are involved in the…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afrikaans, Bilingual Education, Developing Nations
