Language Maintenance and Shift

by Pauwels, Anne

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Title Statements

Full title :Language Maintenance and Shift / Anne Pauwels.

Summary

What motivates some linguistic minorities to maintain their language? Why do others shift away from it rather quickly? Are there specific conditions - environmental or personal - influencing these dynamics? What can families and communities do to pass on their 'threatened' language to the next generation? These and related questions are investigated in detail in Language Maintenance and Shift. In this fascinating book, Anne Pauwels analyses the patterns of language use exhibited by individuals and groups living in multilingual societies, and explores their efforts to maintain their heritage or minority language. She explores the various methods used to analyse language maintenance, from linguistic demography to linguistic biography, and offers guidance on how to research the language patterns and practices of linguistic minorities around the world.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (220 Seiten)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107338869, 1107338867, 9781107043695, 1107043697
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781107338869
oclc:ocn957493315
LC Classification:P40.5.L32
Dewey Decimal:306.44

Subjects

Changement de code (linguistique) Changement linguistique -- Recherche Code switching (Linguistics) Language maintenance -- Research Linguistic change -- Research Linguistic minorities -- Research Minorités linguistiques -- Recherche sociolinguistics Sociolinguistique