Current Issues In Language Planning
Polity Editors: Robert B. Kaplan (University of Southern California), Richard B. Baldauf Jr. (University of Queensland) and Nkonko Kamwangamalu (Howard University)Bob and Dick are also editors of the book series Language Policy and Planning
|
Volume: 1 Number: 3 Page: 415–423
|
|
|
|
|
Changing the Language Ecology of Kadazandusun: The Role of the Kadazandusun Language Foundation
|
|
Rita Lasimbang and Trixie Kinajil
|
|
This article examines the role the Kadazandusun Language Foundation has played in changing the language ecology of the Kadazandusun language. Over the period of the last 15 years, the state of the Kadazandusun
language has undergone major progression that includes the making of a trilingual Kadazan Dusun–Malay–English dictionary. This article also relates to the impact the language situation has had
on changing attitudes toward mother-tongue use in the Kadazandusun community.
© Multilingual Matters 2000
Full text PDF
|
