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Gonzalez, Andrew – 1979
A typology of Pacific countries is attempted based on economic systems and degree of socioeconomic development using various indicators (per capita income, literacy, life span). Dimensions of language are then grafted onto these grids and an attempt is made to qualitatively correlate socioeconomic development with various manifestations of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Developing Nations, Language Role, Languages for Special Purposes
Peer reviewedBhola, H. S. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1991
This review covers the status of languages and literacy in the countries of southern Africa, policies of literacy promotion, and the emerging symbioses among spoken languages and among literacies in mother tongues, national or official languages, and metropolitan languages. Five statistical tables are included. (66 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Definitions, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
