Publications

Publication details [#43030]

Lindström, Eva. 2005. Literacy in a Dying Language: The Case of Kuot, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Current Issues in Language Planning 6 (2) : 200–223.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | internet | language death | language policy | literacy

Language as a subject

English | Kuot

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper discusses how the introduction of Kuot vernacular elementary education could contribute to Kuot language survival, as expected by the Kuot community, whilst this educational policy actually envisaged eventual transfer of literacy skills to English.