The role of geopolitics in language planning and language politics in Brazil

Current Issues in Language Planning

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-192

  Rajagopalan, Kanavillil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Indigenous languages; Portuguese linguistic independence language policy; The role of English

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349155146     PISSN: 14664208     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cilp131.0     Document Type: Review

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