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Language Planning And Policy in the Pacific - 9781853599217

Un libro in lingua di Baldauf Richard B. (EDT) Kaplan Robert B. (EDT) edito da Multilingual Matters Ltd, 2006

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Some estimate that over 4,000 languages co-exist in this widely scattered geography, a number which includes several non-indigenous languages inherited from colonialism and migration. Adding to this complexity and diversity are the facts that despite once being a Spanish colony The Philippines is largely unmarked by the language, Vanuatu names English and French as the official languages of the country and the principal languages of education but calls Bislama its national language, and Fijians are having difficulty engaging with English despite its importance in technology and commerce. The four essays here describe the little-known language situations in each locale and the work already done in language planning, including scholarly reviews, with the intention of developing a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities facing such diversity. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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