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Publication details [#34823]

Djité, Paulin G. 1990. Les langues africaines dans la nouvelle francophonie. Language Problems and Language Planning 14 (1) : 20–32.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

French

Keywords

colonialism | language dominance | language policy | language status | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

French | Languages, African

Place, Publisher

University of Texas

ISBN

0272-2690

Journal DOI

10.1075/lplp

Annotation

This article argues for an 'adequate' language policy for the francophone African states, that is, according to the author, one that emphasizes the use of national languages, instead of solely promoting French.