New technologies and terminological pressure in lesser-used languages: The Breton Wikipedia, from terminology consumer to potential terminology provider

Language Problems and Language Planning

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-80

  Baxter, Robert Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Economically challenged languages; New technologies; Terminological pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649083714     PISSN: 02722690     EISSN: 15699889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/lplp.33.1.04bax     Document Type: Article

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