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Peer reviewedAkinnaso, F. Niyi; Ogunbiyi, Isaac A. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1990
Examines the place of Arabic in language education and language planning activities in Nigeria, highlighting its uses from the nineteenth century to present, methods and content of Arabic education, contributions to historical documentation in pre-colonial Nigeria and lexical expansion of Nigerian languages, and decline in its status and role. (34…
Descriptors: Arabic, Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBoulanger, Jean-Claude – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1989
The French language provides a context for comparison of the modernization efforts of Quebec and Madagascar, looking at the following issues: the beginning role of the language in the society, political influences, language needs for technology transfer and the introduction of terminology in societies with well-documented and poorly-documented…
Descriptors: African Languages, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
