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Peer reviewedNeville, Grace – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1987
Traces the history and describes the present state of France's regional languages (Alsacien, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Flemish, and Occitan) and analyzes the common problems encountered by speakers of these languages. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Basque, Diachronic Linguistics, Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedMarley, Dawn – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
This article outlines a research project conducted in Perpignan in 1988 that sought to discover and describe the varieties of language present in the town, patterns of language use and language attitudes among inhabitants. The research took the form of a questionnaire survey, used with a representative sample of the population. (Contains 10…
Descriptors: Arabic, Bilingualism, Demography, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWillemyns, Roland – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Discusses the consequences of "language shift through erosion" on the basis of an analysis of the gradual disappearance of Dutch as a native language in French Flanders. Sketches the theoretical language-in-contact framework, breaking down the chronological evolution into diglossic, bilingual and (almost) monolingual phases. (37…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Agents, Communicative Competence (Languages), Context Effect
