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Direct linkJourdan, Christine – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
In this article, I analyze the reasons that have excluded Pijin, the lingua franca of Solomon Islands, South West Pacific, from being used as a medium of instruction, and why this may now become possible. Following a short sociolinguistic sketch, I present the colonial and post-colonial linguistic ideologies that shaped sociolinguistic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Language Attitudes, Sociolinguistics
Peer reviewedJourdan, Christine – World Englishes, 1989
A study investigated the extent of anglicization of Solomon Islands Pijin, the primary language for Honiara, the nation's capital. It was found that the influence of English was not related to the creolization of Pijin but rather to the bilingualism of the speakers of Pijin and to their high degree of fluency and contact with English. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, Foreign Countries, Interference (Language)
