Kwéyòl in postcolonial Saint Lucia :: globalization, language planning, and national development /

Can historically marginalized, threatened languages be saved in the contemporary global era? In relation to the wider postcolonial world, especially the Caribbean, this book focuses on efforts to preserve and promote Lesser Antillean French Creole - Kwéyòl - as the national language of Saint Lucia...

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1. Verfasser: St-Hilaire, Aonghas
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:Creole language library ; v. 40.
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Zusammenfassung:Can historically marginalized, threatened languages be saved in the contemporary global era? In relation to the wider postcolonial world, especially the Caribbean, this book focuses on efforts to preserve and promote Lesser Antillean French Creole - Kwéyòl - as the national language of Saint Lucia and on the legacy of colonialism and impact of globalization, with which English has become the universal lingua franca, as mitigating factors undermining these efforts. It deals specifically with language planning for democratization and government; literacy, the schools and higher education; and th.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 316 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027284648
9027284644
1283280469
9781283280464
9786613280466
6613280461

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