Language maintenance and shift /

Language maintenance and shift /

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Author / Creator:	Pauwels, Anne, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Description:	x, 210 pages ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Key topics in sociolinguistics Key topics in sociolinguistics.
Subject:	Language maintenance -- Research. Linguistic change -- Research. Linguistic minorities -- Research. Code switching (Linguistics) Sociolinguistics. Code switching (Linguistics) Linguistic minorities -- Research. Sociolinguistics.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10893572

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ISBN:	9781107043695 1107043697 9781107618923 1107618924
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--

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Call Number:	P40.5.L32 P38 2016
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