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Vernacular Literacy in the Touo Language of the Solomon Islands
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Dunn, Michael – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
The Touo language is a non-Austronesian language spoken on Rendova Island (Western Province, Solomon Islands). First language speakers of Touo are typically multilingual, and are likely to speak other (Austronesian) vernaculars, as well as Solomon Island Pijin and English. There is no institutional support of literacy in Touo: schools function in…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Multilingualism, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Planning for Failure: The Niche of Standard Chukchi.
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Dunn, Michael – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2000
Examines the effects of language standardization and orthography design on the Chukchi linguistic ecology. Suggests the process of standardization has not taken into consideration the gender-based sociolects of colloquial Chukchi and is based on a grammatical description that does not reflect actual Chukchi use. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Planning, Language Standardization, Language Usage