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Miles, William F. S. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1998
Discusses the use of Frenglish on the island of Mauritius. An examination of the local press over a nine-month period turned up ten categories of Frenglish. Frenglish in the Mauritian press highlights the uniqueness of local society by linguistically contextualizing broad ranges of social, economic, political, legal, and administrative life.…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Foreign Countries

Neugaard, Edward J. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1995
Controversy lingers regarding the name of the language spoken in the Spanish autonomous province of Valencia. Although the variety of Catalan spoken there has long been called both "Catalan" and "Valencian," recent controversy has become bitter and often surrounded by violence. Despite the debate, the language is in danger of…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Elitism, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns