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Autor/in | Schiffman, Harold F. |
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Titel | Language Shift in the Tamil Communities of Malaysia and Singapore. |
Quelle | In: Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 14 (1995) 1-2, S.151-65 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0737-4143 |
Schlagwörter | Bilingualism; Educational Policy; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Language Maintenance; Language Planning; Minority Groups; Second Language Learning; Sociolinguistics; Tamil; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Malaysia; Singapore |
Abstract | Examines the position of Tamil as the language of an ethnic minority in Malaysia and Singapore, placing the issue of Tamil and language maintenance within the larger sociolinguistic milieu in the two countries and drawing conclusions about the role of language policy and planning in the determination of linguistic outcomes. (SM) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |