Language use and language attitudes in New Caledonia with particular reference to French Creole Tayo

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Language use and language attitudes in New Caledonia with particular reference to French Creole Tayo

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New Caledonia has an unusual language dynamic in comparison to other French overseas territories. In most of these islands, a French Creole is usually the lingua franca and has a lower status than French. In contrast, in New Caledonia the French Creole, called Tayo, is a minority language and comes in contact with French, English and 28 Indigenous languages (also called Kanak languages). The 2014 census population revealed a multi-ethnic and multicultural New- Caledonian population. It did no...

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2018

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Bissoonauth, Anu

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/15607

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language attitudes / Tayo / Kanak languages / English / French / New Caledonia

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