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Publication details [#48890]

Laversuch, I.M. 2008. An Unequal Balance: The Seychelles' Trilingual Language Policy. Current Issues in Language Planning 9 (4) : 375–394.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language policy | minority language | multilingualism | official language

Language as a subject

Creole, Seychelles | English | French

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper addresses the controversy surrounding and the socioeconomic pressures facing the Seychelles' trilingual language policy, and in particular the installment of Creole as the third official language, alongside French and English, in 1976.