Creoles and other tongues in Caribbean development
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1993
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The language factor in the socio-politics of the Creole-speaking Caribbean is sufficiently important that true development cannot be achieved without addressing it. Innovative language planning strategies need to be invoked in order to unlock untapped human resources and to enhance the social cohesion of the region's states. This paper explores the reversal of the predicament of speakers of Creole languages and other subordinated languages in the Creole-speaking Caribbean region as a prerequisite for human development in the region
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DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.8.1.09car