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Direct linkWee, Lionel – Applied Linguistics, 2006
Skutnabb-Kangas, Kontra, and Phillipson's response to Wee (2005) only serves to highlight a whole new set of problems with the LHRs paradigm while failing to make any inroads towards resolving the earlier ones. For example, they adopt a "legal perspective" in relation to Singlish that is at odds with the way they would presumably wish to…
Descriptors: Models, Linguistics, Minority Groups, Criticism
Peer reviewedAkinnaso, F. Niyi – Applied Linguistics, 1994
This paper examines the tension between linguistic unification and language rights in Nigeria and assesses the nature, causes, and implications of the tension against the backgrounds of the country's history, political development, and language situation. (Contains 116 references.) (MDM)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Colonialism, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
