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Publication details [#49424]

Barnes, Lawrie and Ellen Fedele. 1997. Focus on the Family: An Exploration in Bilingualism. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 28 (1) : 214–226.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | family conversation | interview | reasoning

Language as a subject

Languages, South African

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This article reports on a pilot study on South African family bilingualism, that used questionnaires to investigate parents' reasons and strategies for raising their children bilingually in the home, as well as the achieved levels of success.