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Peer reviewedSaint-Blancat, Chantal – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Presents the data from a study of the Valdotan community in northern Italy which examined, according to Smelser's model of social and cultural change, the Valdotans' level of ethnolinguistic identification. Re-interprets this data according to Giles, Bourhis, and Taylor's theory of the interaction between the ethnolinguistic vitality and the…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, French, Language Role, Minority Groups
Peer reviewedYoung, Louis; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
Reviews a study examining the perceptions of ethnolinguistic vitality of German- (n=39) and French-speaking (n=35) students enrolled in a technical school in Francophone Neuchatel, Switzerland. German-speaking students perceived marginal status for German speakers in Neuchatel, whereas Francophone students elevated the perceived vitality of the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Ethnolinguistics, Foreign Countries
