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Coluzzi, Paolo – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2019
Lombard is one of the 12-15 non-recognized regional languages spoken in Italy. This article focuses on the new speakers of Lombard, i. e. people who have learned or are learning Lombard as a second language. Through an open questionnaire the author has probed into various aspects concerning these new speakers' competence and learning trajectories,…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Romance Languages, Second Language Learning
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Ehala, Martin; Vedernikova, Elena – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
The article presents a comparative analysis of the subjective vitalities (SVs) of the minority groups of Latvia (Russian-speakers), Lithuania (Russian-speakers and Poles) and Mari El (Maris) in the Russian Federation, with a particular focus on the Mari case. The same extended version of the SV questionnaire was used in quantitative surveys in all…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Minority Groups, Comparative Analysis, Questionnaires
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Price, Abigail Ruth; Tamburelli, Marco – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2016
The education system has played a crucial role in Welsh language maintenance, with Welsh-medium education providing a central locus of language transmission. However, language transmission through education is not without pitfalls. This paper discusses the impact of top-down minority language transmission and the growing issue of formal domain…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Language Maintenance, Welsh, Role of Education
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Esteban-Guitart, Moisès; Viladot, Maria Àngels; Giles, Howard – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
Ethnolinguistic Vitality Theory (EVT) asserts that status, demographic and institutional support (IS) factors make up the vitality of ethnolinguistic groups within intergroup relations. Specifically, IS factor refers to the extent to which a language group enjoys representation in the various institutions of a society, in particular, mass media,…
Descriptors: Intergroup Relations, Ethnic Groups, Indigenous Populations, Community Support
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Liu, Dorinda Tsai-Hsiu; Chang, Ying-Hwa; Li, Paul Jen-Kuei; Lin, Ji-Ping – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
This study covers two issues: (1) the language shift process relating to two highly endangered aboriginal languages of Taiwan and (2) the correlations between some variables and their language shift. Both Kanakanavu and Saaroa peoples underwent two waves of migration: (1) a massive in-migration of another Formosan ethnic group (Bunun people) in…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Correlation
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Faneca, Rosa Maria; Araújo e Sá, Maria Helena; Melo-Pfeifer, Sílvia – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2016
This paper is part of a case study aimed at researching the multilingual repertoires of young people from a linguistic and cultural minority. Further, it analyzes the role of and the place given to heritage languages (HL) in the development of a multilingual and intercultural competence in schools. In the scope of the study mentioned above, a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Heritage Education, Multilingualism, Intercultural Communication
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Ngcobo, Sandiso – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014
The 2002 Language Policy for Higher Education (LPHE) identifies the currently dominant language of instruction--English--as being a possible barrier to many African students in accessing and successfully completing studies at higher education level. The LPHE thus requires that black African languages be developed at Higher Education Institutions…
Descriptors: African Languages, Native Language, Self Concept, Foreign Countries
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McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2011
The concept of "Ethnolinguistic Vitality" (EV) has received variable acceptance and support since its introduction by Giles, Bourhis, and Taylor. It has especially proven to be a valuable heuristic in studies of language maintenance and shift. However, the reliability and validity of the instruments used to investigate EV, especially…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Heuristics, Reliability, Validity
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Hickey, Tina M.; Lewis, Gwyn; Baker, Colin – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014
A challenge noted in a number of endangered language contexts is the need to mix second-language (L2) learners of the target language with first-language (L1) speakers of that language in a less planned way than is found in the two-way immersion approach. Such mixing of L1 speakers of the target language with L2 learners arises from the difficulty…
Descriptors: Welsh, Language Maintenance, Language Skill Attrition, Foreign Countries
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Park, Seong Man – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2011
This paper explores the influence of Korean ethnic churches on the maintenance of heritage language (HL) and culture among Korean-Canadian students. The ethnographic and qualitative study on which it is based involved participant observation over a 4-month period, group discussions, interviews, and a questionnaire. Participants were 15 immigrant…
Descriptors: Religion, Ethnic Groups, Language Maintenance, Participant Observation
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Komondouros, Markos; McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
The Greek Orthodox community of Istanbul has long existed as a bilingual Greek and Turkish grouping and remains largely unstudied. The sharp decrease in the size of this community to approximately 1000 members raises questions as to the maintenance of Greek in this setting. This study attempts to establish the current status of Greek in the…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance, Greek, Foreign Countries
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Florack, Arnd; Piontkowski, Ursula – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Examines the vitality perceptions of the Dutch and the Germans in the context of the progressive European unification with special emphasis on the relationship between subjective vitality perceptions and group identification. Results are discussed with reference to recent findings and developments in vitality theory as well as with regard to…
Descriptors: Dutch, Foreign Countries, German, Group Dynamics
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Marley, Dawn – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
This article outlines a research project conducted in Perpignan in 1988 that sought to discover and describe the varieties of language present in the town, patterns of language use and language attitudes among inhabitants. The research took the form of a questionnaire survey, used with a representative sample of the population. (Contains 10…
Descriptors: Arabic, Bilingualism, Demography, Foreign Countries
Foster, L.; And Others – 1980
Students in grades seven, nine, and eleven from 38 post-primary state and private schools in Melbourne, Australia were given a language attitude survey. A structured interview schedule was administered to school staff representatives. Data analysis was guided by a review of language policy as expressed in official reports and an original…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Bilingual Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
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Reese, Leslie; Goldenberg, Claude – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2006
This article examines language and literacy use in two communities in which Spanish-speaking children live and attend school, documenting the confounding of socioeconomic status, ethnic density, and access to Spanish language and print. Drawing on community observations and interviews with parents and children in a yearlong ethnographic study, we…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Case Studies, Language Usage, Spanish Speaking
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