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Lao as a touch stone: Language use among ethnic minority students in Laos

Issued Date

2013-09-09

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Article

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15699838
09576851

DOI

10.1075/japc.23.1.07fam

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2-s2.0-84883411668

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Mahidol University

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Bibliographic Citation

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. Vol.23, No.1 (2013), 119-143

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Manynooch Faming Lao as a touch stone: Language use among ethnic minority students in Laos. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. Vol.23, No.1 (2013), 119-143. doi:10.1075/japc.23.1.07fam Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/31434

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Lao as a touch stone: Language use among ethnic minority students in Laos

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Manynooch Faming

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Mahidol University

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide a specific case study of the contradictory discourses concerning Lao as the national language, as the official language, and as the medium of instruction. Through the diglossia framework or Lao as a touch stone, the article investigates how non-mainstream and ethnic minority students use the national language in comparison to their mother tongues and other languages at schools. The result shows that students often use their mother tongue and other non-national language to negotiate their social positions among the majority and the dominant groups. © John Benjamins Publishing Company.

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Business, Management and Accounting
 Economics, Econometrics and Finance
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