Publications

Publication details [#30427]

Lynch, John and France Mugler. 2002. Pacific Languages at the University of the South Pacific. Current Issues in Language Planning 3 (1) : 76–81.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | language status | language use | vernacular

Language as a subject

Languages, Pacific

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

1466-4208

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper deals with language use in the regional University of the South Pacific, owned by and serving twelve Pacific countries. English was the major medium of instruction at USP, until the Pacific Languages Unit was established in 1983, and USP began offering short intensive courses in Pacific languages such as Bislama and Fijian, and approved a Pacific Vernaculars Programme.