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Peer reviewedValdman, 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
Peer reviewedScuggs, Afi-Stephanie – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1979
Discusses reasons for Black and Puerto Rican inner-city students' resentment toward learning and using Standard English. (BE)
Descriptors: Black Students, English Instruction, Ethnicity, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedFakuade, Gbenga – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1989
A Federal Government Policy in Nigeria aimed at unifying the country through the use of three major languages (Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo) has been inhibited because there are no teachers. Resistance from speakers of other languages to the enforced learning of one of the major languages also seems likely. Maintenance of English is suggested as the…
Descriptors: English, Federal Regulation, Foreign Countries, Hausa
Download full textCoronel-Molina, Serafin M. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1997
The discussion of corpus planning for the Southern Quechua language variety of Peru examines issues of graphization, standardization, modernization, and renovation of Quechua in the face of increasing domination by the Spanish language. The efforts of three major groups of linguists and other scholars working on language planning in Peru, and the…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes
Eggington, William, Ed.; Wren, Helen, Ed. – 1997
This book examines the impact of English in countries in which it is taken for granted--Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. It explores how the impact of English affects the development of national language policies, the maintenance of minority languages, the ability to provide services in other languages, the efforts…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Kibbee, Douglas A. Ed. – 1998
This edited volume of conference papers contains the following titles: "Presentation: Realism and Idealism in Language Conflict and Their Resolution" (Douglas A. Kibbee); "Legal and Linguistic Perspectives on Language Legislation" (Douglas A. Kibbee); "The Linguistic Rights of Non-English Speaking Suspects, Witnesses,…
Descriptors: African Languages, English Only Movement, Ethnic Groups, Federal Legislation
Ostler, Nicholas, Ed. – 1999
The theme of the third annual Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) Conference was Endangered Languages and Education, focusing on how education can be used to promote, resist, and reverse the decline of a language. The conference papers are broken into several sections covering the topic from a variety of aspects and perspectives.…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afro Asiatic Languages, Baltic Languages, Bilingual Education
