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Publication details [#58573]

Harwood, Jake and Laszlo Vincze. 2014. Objective local vitality and linguistic networks as predictors of perceived vitality. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 35 (3) : 209–215.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adolescent | ethnolinguistics | language vitality | minority language | social network

Language as a subject

German | Italian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper shows that individual networks of linguistic contacts (INLCs) have a bigger impact (than objective ethnolinguistic vitality) on perceived out-(not in-) group vitality in surroundings where the in-group constitutes a local majority (instead of a minority). The examined data involve German-speaking and Italian-speaking youth in South Tyrol (Italy).