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dc.contributor.authorBagwasi, M.M.
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-08T12:49:07Z
dc.date.available2011-06-08T12:49:07Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.citationBagwasi, M.M. (2003) The functional distribution of Setswana and English in Botswana, Language, Culture and Curriculum, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 212-217en_US
dc.identifier.issn0790-8318
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/831
dc.description.abstractIn multilingual societies such as Botswana, language use is an extremely complex matter, further compounded by the fact that the languages involved are themselves dynamic phenomena that often elude the planned outcomes of policies which try to shape and constrain them. The paper describes the functional distribution of the national language Setswana, spoken as a mother tongue by 80% of the population, and English, the official language in Botswana. The role of the two languages is outlined, with particular regard to cultural identity, on the one hand, and social and economic status on the other.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMultilingual Matters and Channel View Publications, http://www.multilingual matters.comen_US
dc.subjectDistribution of Setswana and Englishen_US
dc.subjectBotswanaen_US
dc.subjectLanguageen_US
dc.titleThe functional distribution of Setswana and English in Botswanaen_US
dc.typePublished Articleen_US


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