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Yagmur, Kutlay – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
The focus of this paper is on the relationships between Turkish speakers' ethnolinguistic vitality (EV) perceptions and their language maintenance (LM), language use, and choice patterns. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Giles, Bourhis, and Taylor's (1977) EV theory. In line with the model, a subjective EV vitality questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Role of Education, Rating Scales, Questionnaires
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Huls, Erica; Backus, Ad; Klomps, Saskia; Jorgensen, Jens Normann – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2003
Proposes four different operationalizations of the basic hypothesis of politeness theory, ranging from the possibility that linguistic choices are determined by social norms to one allowing considerable freedom of choice for individual language users. Reports on a questionnaire carried out with adolescents in two urban multicultural areas:…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Danish, Foreign Countries, Intergroup Relations
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Leseman, Paul P. M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2000
Assessed and compared the development of receptive and productive Dutch and Turkish vocabulary of 31 Turkish immigrant preschool children. Using multivariate analysis of variance for repeated measurements, main and interaction effects of group (Turkish, Dutch working class, and Dutch middle class) and time were tested. Results are interpreted…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Dutch, Foreign Countries
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Cummins, Jim – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1989
Three psycho-educational principles are outlined (additive bilingual enrichment principle, interdependence principle, and sufficient communicative interactive principle) to illustrate research on the maintenance of Frisian among native speakers and the development of Frisian fluency among native Dutch speakers. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Dutch, Educational Policy