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Publication details [#42621]

Makihara, Miki. 2005. Rapa Nui ways of speaking Spanish: Language shift and socialization on Easter Island. Language in Society 34 (5) : 727–762.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | identity negotiation | language shift | language variation | socialization

Language as a subject

Rapa Niu | Spanish

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper investigates language shift in the Spanish-Rapa Nui (Polynesian) bilingual community of Easter Island and especially the use of Rapa Nui Spanish varieties and their social significance.