Perceived Vitality and Context: A National Majority in a Minority Setting.

Young, Louis; And Others

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Publication Date: 1988

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Perceived Vitality and Context: A National Majority in a Minority Setting.

Young, Louis; And Others

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v9 n3 p285-89 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 local minority of German speakers. (CB)

Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Ethnolinguistics, Foreign Countries, French, German, Higher Education, Language Attitudes, Sociolinguistics, Subcultures

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Identifiers - Location: Switzerland

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