Planning for the survival of linguistic diversity

Language Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-475

  Romaine, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diglossia; Intergenerational transmission; Language revitalization; Language shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751190948     PISSN: 15684555     EISSN: 15731863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10993-006-9034-3     Document Type: Article

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