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Peer reviewedMilroy, Leslie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1982
Explores the tension between the manner in which intergroup language differences are used to symbolize group membership and the manner in which they mirror and reinforce social class and power distinctions. (EKN)
Descriptors: Group Unity, Identification (Psychology), Language Attitudes, Language Role
Peer reviewedPauwels, Anne – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Investigates whether speakers of standard German and Dutch maintain their language variety better than speakers of German and Dutch dialects. Also investigates the phenomenon of diglossia in immigrant societies and shows that the type of diglossia prevalent in the immigrant's home country significantly affects the language situation in the new…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Diglossia, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Peer reviewedMekacha, Rugatiri D. K. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
It is argued that the relationship between Kiswahili and ethnic community languages in Tanzania is not diglossic. The paper applies definitions/redefinitions to the Tanzanian sociolinguistic profile, considers Tanzanian language policy, suggests the basic tenets of diglossia do not apply, and proposes another term for the Kiswahili relationship…
Descriptors: African Languages, Definitions, Diglossia, Ethnic Groups
