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Peer reviewedTamis, A. M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
Argues that, despite being the second most common mother tongue in Australia, Greek's existence in a dynamic bilingual environment and function restriction in a high-contact situation is causing language simplification and reduction that may lead to creolization, pidginization, and, eventually, language death. The role of ethnicity and religion in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Greek
