Language maintenance and shift / Anne Pauwels.

"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 t...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author:	Pauwels, Anne (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Series:	Key Topics in sociolinguistics
Subjects:	Language maintenance > Research. Linguistic change > Research. Linguistic minorities > Research. Code switching (Linguistics) Sociolinguistics. Linguistic minorities > Research Sociolinguistics