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Athapascan Languages | 1 |
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Canadian Modern Language… | 1 |
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Spolsky, Bernard | 1 |
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Spolsky, Bernard – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1981
Presents model using elements of status, social group or speech community, and values for treating literacy as a sociolinguistic phenomenon and in support of bilingual education. Uses Navajo and medieval Jewish languages as examples. (BK)
Descriptors: Athapascan Languages, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Diglossia