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Language policy—Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2008

Michael Walsh
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Because there is a separate section in this volume devoted to the language in education policy, little attention has been focused here on education. Nevertheless, many of the issues raised in such a general coverage of language policy must inevitably have implications for education even though they are not taken up here.

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Language Policy and the Linguistic Situation
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Annual Review of Applied Linguistics , Volume 2 , March 1981 , pp. 21 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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