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ERIC Number: EJ441502
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0267-1905
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Literacy in Somali: Linguistic Consequences.
Biber, Douglas; Hared, Mohamed
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, v12 p260-82 1991
Linguistic consequences of literacy in Somalia are examined in a review of the literature and through a study of five dimensions of variation among Somali registers and the expansion of linguistic variation in Somali resulting from the introduction of written registers. (36 references) (LB)
Descriptors: African Languages, Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Variation, Literacy, Oral Language, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Somalia
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