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From Village Talk to Slang: The Re-Enregisterment of a Non-Standardised Variety in an Urban Diaspora
Karatsareas, Petros – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
I explore the ways in which language ideologies are transformed when they are transplanted to diasporic settings as a result of migration. I examine the labelling of Cypriot Greek features as "slang" by young British-born speakers of Greek Cypriot heritage. Drawing on the analysis of data collected in a Greek complementary school in…
Descriptors: Greek, Nonstandard Dialects, Foreign Countries, Immigration
Mooko, Theophilus – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
When Botswana gained independence from the British in 1966, a political decision was taken to designate English as an official language and Setswana, one of the indigenous languages, as a national language. This move disregarded the multilingual nature of Botswana society. Furthermore, although not explicitly stated, the use of other languages…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Official Languages, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries