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Publication details [#8084]

Romaine, Suzanne. 1983. Problems in the sociolinguistic description of communicative repertoires among linguistic minorities. In Dabène, Louise, Monique Flasaquier and John Lyons, eds. Status of migrants' mother tongues/Le statut des langues d'origine des migrants: Contributions to the fourth ESF workshop held in Granada on 23-25 November 1981. European Science Foundation. pp. 119–129.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

attitude | minority | social context

Annotation

R. argues that one cannot adequately characterize the patterns of language use among minority groups without reference to the social context and attitudes.