Publications

Publication details [#41445]

Lopes, Armando Jorge. 1998. The Language Situation in Mozambique. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 19 (5) : 440–486.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | language planning | language policy | language spread | literacy

Language as a subject

Bantu | English | Portuguese

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper uses a language-planning and a language-policy perspective to examine the language situation in post-independent Mozambique. Then follows an analysis of the dynamics of language spread in education, literacy and media.