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Stef Slembrouck – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This paper addresses the necessary complementarity between a translanguaging and named language-perspective by critically examining risks of 'overshooting' when a translanguaging view is theoretically posited as the ultimately superior (sociolinguistic) theory of language use and learning in today's multilingual world.
Descriptors: Translation, Sociolinguistics, Classification, Multilingualism
Wang, Xiaomei – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2010
The language situation in the Malaysian Chinese community has undergone great changes in the past century. This paper aims to account for such changes in the framework of sociolinguistic realignment, which is both descriptive and predictive. The triglossic situation in the colonial period (1859-1957) is described; with the support of a language…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Chinese, Native Speakers, Foreign Countries

Artigal, Josep Maria – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1991
Provides a brief overview of the sociolinguistic situation in which the Catalan immersion program is being implemented and discusses the issues related to the main feature that distinguishes the program--the low socioeconomic background of the students. Also discussed are current theories about the discontinuity between the language used at home…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, Linguistic Theory

Edwards, John – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
Presents an approach to a typological outline for categorizing minority-language situations in such areas as speaker, language, and setting juxtaposed with dimensions including sociology, linguistics, and psychology. (36 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Typology, Linguistic Theory, Minority Groups

Giles, Howard; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
Explores several models of cognitive and structural perspectives involving minority-language situations, and attempts to integrate them into a framework of predictive propositions that elaborate psychosocial climates of maintenance, majority-minority encounter, and interactive strategies. (65 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Language Maintenance, Language Research, Linguistic Theory

Bentahila, Abdelali; Davies, Eirlys E. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
Controversies surrounding approaches to language revival could be reduced if a clear distinction were recognized between two possible goals of language revival: the process of restoration and the process of transformation. A survey of methods adopted by various revivalists supports the conclusion that achieving transformation is more likely.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Language Skill Attrition

Fishman, Joshua A. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
A brief description of factors affecting the generally neglected study of reversing language shift (RLS) is presented. and An eight-step model for building and planning such research, taking into consideration such influences as community and neighborhood, family, and school, is described. (CB)
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance, Language Research

Anderson, A. B. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
Synthesizes theoretical typologies in the fields of ethnic relations, ethnonationalism, and sociolinguistics into a sociopolitical framework for analyzing various types of ethnolinguistic minority situations. Particular reference is made to minority situations in Europe, North America, and developing countries. (35 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Immigrants

Willemyns, Michael; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
This study examined the perceived ethnolinguistic vitality of Anglo-Australian and Vietnamese-Australian ethnic groups in Brisbane as measured by the modified Subjective Vitality Questionnaire (SVQ). Results of the confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the applicability of the SVQ to both high and low vitality groups. (30 references)…
Descriptors: Adults, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences