Publications

Publication details [#43012]

Starks, Donna. 2005. The Effects of Self-confidence in Bilingual Abilities on Language Use: Perspectives on Pasifika Language Use in South Auckland. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 26 (6) : 533–550.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | language choice | language proficiency | language use

Language as a subject

English | Pasifika

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper discusses how rates of New Zealand Pasifika community speakers' self-confidence in their bilingual abilities may offer a tool for describing language use patterns and accounting for the impact of social variables on language competence.