Language Maintenance and Shift

Name: Language Maintenance and Shift
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107043695
Price: 18700 KES
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ISBN: 9781107043695

by Anne Pauwels

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Format Hardback

Book Series Key Topics in Sociolinguistics

ISBN-10 1107043697

ISBN-13 9781107043695

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 18th, 2016

Print length 220 Pages

Weight 370 grams

Dimensions 22.60 x 14.10 x 1.70 cms

Product Classification: Sociolinguistics Bilingualism & multilingualism Bilingualism and multilingualism

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This comprehensive discussion examines the development of this important sub-field of multilingualism from the 1970s to the present. Anne Pauwels documents the many efforts families and communities engage in to maintain their heritage or minority language, offering a critical review of the key disciplinary approaches and theoretical frameworks.

What motivates some linguistic minorities to maintain their language? Why do others shift away from it rather quickly? Are there specific conditions - environmental or personal - influencing these dynamics? What can families and communities do to pass on their 'threatened' language to the next generation? These and related questions are investigated in detail in Language Maintenance and Shift. In this fascinating book, Anne Pauwels analyses the patterns of language use exhibited by individuals and groups living in multilingual societies, and explores their efforts to maintain their heritage or minority language. She explores the various methods used to analyse language maintenance, from linguistic demography to linguistic biography, and offers guidance on how to research the language patterns and practices of linguistic minorities around the world.

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