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Publication details [#55043]

Yagmur, Kutlay. 2011. Does Ethnolinguistic Vitality Theory account for the actual vitality of ethnic groups? A critical evaluation. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 32 (2) : 111–120.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnolinguistics | immigrant | language maintenance | language shift | language vitality

Language as a subject

Turkish

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

Drawing on findings regarding ethnolinguistic vitality perceptions of Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands, France, Germany and Australia, this study offers a critical evaluation of Ethnolinguistic Vitality Theory, supposed to constitute a greater and more comprehensive framework for research on language maintenance and shift.