Publications

Publication details [#48837]

O'Donnell, Paul E. and Annemarie Toebosch. 2008. Multilingualism in Brussels: 'I'd Rather Speak English'. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 29 (2) : 154–169.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | language preference | language use | multilingualism

Language as a subject

Dutch | French

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study examines the actual language use and language preferences in the officially bilingual Dutch-French Belgian capital of Brussels, where English has turned up as a neutral third party.