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ERIC Number: EJ416714
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0143-4632
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Minority Language Group Status: A Theoretical Conspexus.
Giles, Howard; And Others
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v11 n1-2 p37-55 1990
Explores several models of cognitive and structural perspectives involving minority-language situations, and attempts to integrate them into a framework of predictive propositions that elaborate psychosocial climates of maintenance, majority-minority encounter, and interactive strategies. (65 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Language Maintenance, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Minority Groups, Models, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the International Conference on Minority Languages (4th, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, Netherlands, June 19-24, 1989).