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Publication details [#29127]

Bister-Broosen, Helga. 2002. Alsace. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 23 (1-2) : 98–111.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | dialect2 | language contact | language spread | language use

Language as a subject

French | German

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper deals with the specific Alsatian language situation, characterized by the use of both German dialects and the French standard language, with language border problems and with the post-war innovation of bilingual instruction.