Welsh Foreigner Talk: Breaking New Ground.

James, Carl

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Publication Date: 1986

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Welsh Foreigner Talk: Breaking New Ground.

James, Carl

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v7 n1 p41-54 1986

Presents a study of foreigner talk (FT) in a minority language (Welsh) in a bilingual community and describes some of the most prominent features of Welsh FT. FT is defined as a simple form of a language used by native speakers to communicate with non-proficient speakers of the language. (SED)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Minority Groups, Mutual Intelligibility, Speech Communication, Syntax, Vocabulary, Welsh

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Language: English

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