Mauritian creole and language attitudes in the education system of multiethnic and multilingual Mauritius

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-71

  Rajah Carrim, Aaliya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Kreol; Language attitudes; Medium of instruction; Multilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 40049104025     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jmmd474.1     Document Type: Article

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