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Direct linkMooko, Theophilus – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2009
This study explores the language policy and practice of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), an African regional economic organisation made up of 14 member states (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), African Languages, Language Dominance, Language Planning
Peer reviewedSwigart, Leigh – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1992
In describing the different types of codeswitching used in Dakar, this paper questions the frequent assumption that the use of two languages within a single conversation violates a norm. In Dakar there is a fluid and unmarked switching between Wolof and French, "Urban Wolof," that has become the most common mode of speech among urban…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Pluralism
