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Publication details [#27525]

Shnukal, Anna. 1995. From monolingualism to multilingualism in Australia´s Torres Strait island communities. International Journal of the Sociology of Language (113) : 121–136.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
aboriginal | identity negotiation | language and society | language loss | monolingualism | multilingualism
Language as a subject
English | Languages, Pacific
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
ISBN
0165-2516
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This paper deals with the complex sociolinguistic situation of the Torres Strait island communities, which is best understood as the result of self-interested, rational responses to a changing environment.