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ERIC Number: EJ669756
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-1534-8458
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Tongue-Tied in Singapore: A Language Policy for Tamil?
Schiffman, Harold F.
Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, v2 n2 p105-25 2003
Discusses the Tamil language situation in Singapore, which lends itself ideally to the study of minority-language maintenance. Examines attempts to maintain Tamil, a highly diglossic language in emigration and concludes that the well-meaning bilingual education system actually produces a situation of subtractive bilingualism. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Diglossia, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Minorities, Tamil, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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