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Publication details [#50015]

Allen, Shanley E.M. 2007. The future of Inuktitut in the face of majority languages: Bilingualism or language shift? Applied Psycholinguistics 28 (3) : 515–536.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | language shift | language use | majority language | minority language

Language as a subject

English | Inuktitut

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study argues that current language use choices at the personal, school, and societal levels will determine whether the Canadian Inuit people can maintain a stable Inuktitut-English bilingualism, or whether Inuktitut competence will significantly decrease in favor of majority languages.