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Gonzalez, Andrew – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2002
The development of the national language of the Philippines is sketched from the initial selection of Tagalog to its standardization and propagation as national language and its renaming as Pilipino, subsequently Filipino. The intellectualization phase is examined as process and product and according to its psychological and sociological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Language Standardization, Official Languages
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Finlayson, Rosalie; Madiba, Mbulungeni – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2002
Discusses language intellectualization in South Africa with particular reference to the African languages. Provides an overview of the language situation in South Africa and discusses the new language policy of official multilingualism with special reference to the intellectualization of the indigenous languages of South Africa. (VWL)
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Language Planning
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Vilela, Mario – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2002
Examines the place of Portuguese in Portugal's former African Colonies. Characterizes the postcolonial position of Portuguese in Africa as a complex relationship between Portuguese as the official language and the other languages of these countries. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Language Planning
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King, Kendall A.; Haboud, Marleen – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2002
This monograph presents up-to-date information concerning language planning and policy in Ecuador, highlighting the country's cultural and linguistic diversity, historical context, current sociolinguistic situation and possible directions for the future. Taking into account Ecuador's particular sociopolitical conditions, it aims to provide a…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Public Officials, Official Languages, Foreign Countries