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

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

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...

Descripción completa

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
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 316 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027284648
9027284644
1283280469
9781283280464
9786613280466
6613280461

Ejemplares similares