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Emploi du creole comme langue d'enseignement et decreolisation en Haiti (The Use of Creole as Language of Instruction and Decreolization in Haiti).
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Valdman, Albert – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1986
Suggests that Haitian Creole is subject to decreolization, characterized by movement toward French forms. Linguistic conflict and ambivalence on the part of both the bilingual elite and monolingual creole-speaking masses are held responsible. Opposing trends in language standardization and their implications for education are discussed.…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, French, Haitian Creole
Language Problems as Reflected in Hebrew Poems for Children.
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Schwarzwald, Ora – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1988
A study of Hebrew poems for children revealed elements of the historical and sociolinguistic dilemmas encountered in the revival of spoken Hebrew, including conflicts concerning usage and change. (MSE)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childrens Literature, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Afro-Mestizo Speech from Costa Chica, Guerrero: From Cuaji to Cuijla.
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Althoff, Daniel – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1994
Traces the history of Africans in Mexico and the Costa Chica and compares elements of the regional speech as described in a 1958 study with data collected on-site in 1991-1992. Findings indicate that the successful introduction of public education coupled with the ubiquity of the mass media have reduced or eliminated the more distinctively…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns