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Publication details [#46168]

Varro, Gabrielle and J. Lindenfeld. 2007. Language maintenance among “fortunate immigrants”: The French in the United States and Americans in France. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 189 : 115–131.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | family conversation | globalization | immigrant | language maintenance

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This study compares French immigrants in the United States and American immigrants in France, discussing similarities and in particular differences as to language maintenance. To conclude, it presents some considerations on the emerging study of atypical or fortunate immigrants in the globalization age.