The importance of language policies and multilingualism for cultural diversity

International Social Science Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 199, 2010, Pages 37-67

  Lo Bianco, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANGUAGE; LITERACY; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICULTURALISM;

EID: 78649410273     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: 14682451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2451.2010.01747.x     Document Type: Article

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