Language and socio-economic development: Towards a theoretical framework

Language Problems and Language Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-148

  Walsh, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Culture; Language planning; Political economy; Socio economic development; Sociolinguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249161894     PISSN: 02722690     EISSN: 15699889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/lplp.30.2.03wal     Document Type: Article

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