A Socio-Linguistic Inquiry into Language Change [microform] : Alsatian, A Case Study. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 4, No. 2 / Marguerite Hessini.

The effects of differing and often opposing language policies on the sociolinguistic position of the Alsatian language are discussed. An attempt is made to show how the function and scope of Alsatian have been reduced, and how borrowings from French have created a dialect with unique characteristics...

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Main Author:	Hessini, Marguerite
Corporate Author:	University of Kansas. Department of Linguistics
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979.
Subjects:	French. German. Indo European Languages. Language Planning. Linguistic Borrowing. Public Policy. Regional Dialects. Sociolinguistics. Unwritten Languages.