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Publication details [#57626]

Rasinger, Sebastian M. 2013. Language shift and vitality perceptions amongst London's second-generation Bangladeshis. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 34 (1) : 46–60.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language maintenance | language shift | language use | language vitality | minority language

Language as a subject

Bangla | English, British

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study shows a great shift from a very Bangla-centric first generation to second generation UK-born Bangladeshis that elect the use of English in all communicative fields; even in the home/family setting, Bangla language maintenance appears to play a restricted role.