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Publication details [#43125]

Pauwels, Anne. 2005. Maintaining the Community Language in Australia: Challenges and Roles for Families. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 8 (2/3) : 124–131.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

family role | immigrant | language maintenance | language use

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

Much Australian work on immigrant languages has revealed that the family is a crucial This paper discusses the most favourable factors for succesful community language maintenance in immigrant communities in Australia, suggesting to pay more attention to the role played by adolescents and technology.