Multilingualism in democratic South Africa: The over-estimation of language policy

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 351-366

  Webb, Vic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; African languages; Afrikaans; Bantu languages; English; Language management; Language of learning and teaching medium of instruction; Language planning; Language policy; Language in education; Multilingualism; Sociolinguistics; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0032790912     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-0593(99)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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