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Tauli, Valter – 1968
Although technical and social engineering and planning have made tremendous progress, an almost prescientific attitude regarding language planning still prevails in some linguistic circles. (Language planning is defined here as the "methodical activity of regulating and improving existing languages or creating new common regional, national or…
Descriptors: Dialects, Diglossia, Evaluation Criteria, Graphemes
Maamouri, Mohamed – 1998
There is a growing awareness among some Arab education specialists that the low levels of educational achievement and high illiteracy and low literacy rates in most Arab countries are directly related to the complexities of the standard Arabic language used in formal schooling and non-formal education. The complexities mostly relate to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arabic, Diglossia, Elementary Secondary Education
Gregersen, Edgar A. – 1977
This is the first comprehensive study in English of African languages in the context of their cultural setting. It may be used as a basic text in survey courses on African languages as well as a supplemental text in practical language courses. No linguistic background is necessary for understanding this book--the basic concepts are explained,…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Languages, Anthropological Linguistics, Cultural Context