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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: St-Hilaire, Aonghas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2011.
Colección:Creole language library ; v. 40.
Temas:
Creole dialects, French > Saint Lucia.
Language planning > Saint Lucia.
Language policy > Saint Lucia.
Language policy > History.
Langues créoles (françaises) > Sainte-Lucie.
Aménagement linguistique > Sainte-Lucie.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Creole dialects, French
Language planning
Language policy
Politics and government
Saint Lucia > Politics and government.
Saint Lucia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Kwéyòl in Postcolonial Saint Lucia; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Colonial background; 3 Kwéyòl cultural nationalism; 4 An Anglophone country in an English-speaking world; 5 The Francophonie and Créolophonie; 6 Government and democracy; 7 Literacy, the schools, and higher education; 8 The mass media; 9 The changing status of Kwéyòl; 10 The enduring attraction and assimilative power of English; 11 The role of French in the nation; 12 Conclusions and language planning implications; References; Index.

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