Insights from the perspective of language ecologies and new contact languages in Australia

O’Shannessy, Carmel; Angelo, Denise

doi:10.1075/lab.22081.osh

Commentary published In:

Epistemological issue: The dynamics of bilingualism in language shift ecologies
Edited by Cristina Flores and Neal Snape
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 13:1] 2023
► pp. 88–92

Commentary

Insights from the perspective of language ecologies and new contact languages in Australia

Carmel O’Shannessy | Australian National University

Denise Angelo | Australian National University

Article outline

1.Introduction
References

Published online: 2 February 2023

https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.22081.osh

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