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Publication details [#55026]

Gabsi, Zouhir. 2011. Attrition and maintenance of the Berber language in Tunisia. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2011 (211) : 135–164.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

borrowing | language maintenance | language revival | language shift | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

Arabic, Tunisian | Berber, Tunisian

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper evaluates the problems and challenges facing Tunisian Berber, describing the degree of its attrition (cfr. massive borrowing from Arabic), based on field-collected and presents some directions for future research and strategies to promote its revival.