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ERIC Number: EJ369362
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Triglossia in Nigerian Education.
Brann, C. M. B.
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v10 n2 p169-78 Win 1986
Describes how triglossia in Nigerian education lies in the complementary distribution of languages by functions, with the languages of home, community, and school corresponding roughly to the affective, conative, and cognitive psychological categories. Provides a triglottic model which describes actual function of language in education in Nigeria. (NEC)
Descriptors: Diglossia, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language of Instruction, Language Role, Language Usage, Models, Multilingualism, Primary Education, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Nigeria