Bi-/Multilingualism in Southern Africa

The Handbook of Bilingualism

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 725-741

  Kamwangamalu, Nkonko M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Language policies; Language use; Multilingualism; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890687057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756997.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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