The language situation in Timor-Leste
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | The language situation in Timor-Leste |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3137 |
Book Title | Language planning in the Asia Pacific: Hong Kong, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka |
Authors | |
Author | Taylor-Leech, Kerry |
Editors | Kaplan, Robert B. and Baldauf Jr., Richard B. |
Page Range | 92-159 |
Chapter Number | 3 |
Number of Pages | 68 |
Year | 2011 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9780415618519 |
Abstract | Timor-Leste celebrated its formal political independence on 20th May 2002. The National Constitution of the new nation declared the endogenous lingua franca (Tetum) and the 1. A social and economic profile of the polity. This section also discusses migration, communications and the media in relation to language policy and practice. I advocate a rights-oriented approach to language management, arguing that in the absence of such an approach, ad hoc power relationships between languages will |
Keywords | Timor Leste; language policy; language practices; literacy; multilingualism; diglossia; official languages; national languages |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440709. Public policy |
470401. Applied linguistics and educational linguistics | |
440105. Linguistic anthropology | |
Public Notes | This book is a reproduction of two special issues of Current Issues in Language Planning: vol. 10 (1)and vol.l1(1). The Publisher requests to those authors who may be citing this book to state, also, the bibliographical details of the special issue on which the book was based. This chapter has already been published in 'Current Issues in Language Planning' (2009) 10(1), 1-68. (eP7040). |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
University of Queensland | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0z2z/the-language-situation-in-timor-leste
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