Language Maintenance and Language Shift: Dialect vs Italian Among Italo-Australians.

Bettoni, Camilla; Rubino, Antonia

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Publication Date: 1998

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Language Maintenance and Language Shift: Dialect vs Italian Among Italo-Australians.

Bettoni, Camilla; Rubino, Antonia

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, v21 n1 p21-39 1998

Presents data on patterns of language use by Italians living in Australia, focusing on the maintenance of Italian and Dialect under the impact of widespread shift to English. Data from self-report surveys suggest differences by gender, age, and region of origin and note that the position of Italian, though more limited, is somewhat more solid than that of Dialect. (SM)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Italian, Language Maintenance, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Sex Differences

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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