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Luchtenberg, Sigrid – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
Argues that language varieties represent an important aspect of the development of bilingualism. Analysis of migrant children's acquisition of German and their productive, reactive, and receptive competence demonstrates that children who fail in the understanding and use of language varieties often lack the necessary sociocultural knowledge.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness
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Pauwels, 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
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Ladegaard, Hans J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1998
Describes a Danish language-attitude study, arguing that views presented in the literature often differ from people's private uncensored stereotypes. Surveys of people from four regions in Denmark investigated their attitudes after listening to voices with seven different regional dialects. Results indicated that people assigned social-class…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Danish, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes
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Pedersen, Karen Margrethe – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
This study examines the linguistic norm ideals of the German minority in Denmark, which include the Sonderjysk Danish dialect, standard Danish, and standard German. The linguistic realities, as observed in a longitudinal study of minority children, point to a functional bilingualism in Sonderjysk and nonstandard German. (MDM)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages)