ISBN:
1853596272
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (v, 149 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Uniform Title:
Journal of multilingual and multicultural development.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.44/094
Keywords:
Languages in contact
;
Romance languages Social aspects
;
Germanic languages Social aspects
;
Languages in contact - Europe
;
Languages in contact - Europe
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book brings together sociolinguistic analyses of language contact along the Romance Germanic Language Border, shedding more light on the variable and the universal elements in language contact and shift. It includes information on the legal status of the language border, language planning initiatives and minority languages.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Aspects of the Romance-Germanic Language Border: An Introduction -- Genesis and Evolution of the Romance-Germanic Language Border in Europe -- Dutch/Flemish in the North of France -- The Dutch-French Language Border in Belgium -- Language Use and Language Contact in Brussels -- German in Belgium: Linguistic Variation from a Contact Linguistic Point of View -- Luxembourg, a Multilingual Society at the Romance/Germanic Language Border -- Alsace -- The German-Romance Language Borders in Switzerland -- South Tyrol: German and Italian in a Changing World.
Note:
"This book is also available as vol. 23 , no. 1 and 2 of the Journal of multilingual and multicultural development"--T.p. verso
,
Includes bibliographical references
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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