Bidialectal Education: Creole and Standard in the West Indies.

Craig, Dennis R.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Bidialectal Education: Creole and Standard in the West Indies

Craig, Dennis R.

Linguistics, 175, 93-134, Jul 76

This article discusses language education and the factors that need to be considered in bidialectal education programs in the West Indies such as the relationship between language and the child's natural cultural environment and the role of language in social mobility. (POP)

Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Creoles, Diglossia, Educational Policy, Language Programs, Language Standardization, Social Dialects, Sociolinguistics

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