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Publication details [#41446]

Gonzalez, Andrew. 1998. The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 19 (5) : 487–525.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | language planning | language policy | language use | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

English | Languages, Philippine

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper provides a socio-historical overview of the language profile of the Philippines, and discusses past and present language planning and language policy initiatives, and in particular language-in-education practices, such as the Philippine version of bilingual education.