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Official Bilingualism in Paraguay, 1995-2001: An Analysis of the Impact of Language Policy on Attitudinal Change
Shaw N. Gynan
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During the transition from dictatorship to democracy, Paraguay developed a theoretically sound language plan for bilingual education. A pair of language attitude surveys were conducted at the early stage of this project and six years later. The results show significant change along a number of dimensions. Bilingual education and a positive language policy appear to have improved linguistic self-esteem, reduced purism, and contributed toward a more positive attitude toward Guaraní, the indigenous language still spoken by a majority of the population. These results point to the beneficial effects of bilingual education and a language policy that recognizes the legitimacy of all languages spoken in a country.



Published in:
Selected Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics
edited by Lotfi Sayahi and Maurice Westmoreland

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ISBN 978-1-57473-405-8 library binding
vii + 132 pages
publication date: 2005
published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA

Printed edition: $180.00



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