What does it mean to young people to be multilingual? What do multilingual speakersβ linguistic resources mean to them? Are they happy to discard their languages, and assimilate to English, or are there other issues at stake? Do communities set out to ensure that their languages are maintained and p
Youngspeak in a Multilingual Perspective
β Scribed by Anna-Brita StenstrΓΆm (ed.), Annette Myre JΓΈrgensen (ed.)
- Publisher
- John Benjamins
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 219
- Series
- Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 184
- Category
- Library
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