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ERIC Number: EJ527727
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0143-4632
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Mapping the Multilingual City: A Research Agenda for Urban Geolinguistics.
Williams, Colin H.; Van der Merwe, Izak
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v17 n1 p49-66 1996
Assesses the potential of selected aspects of geolinguistic analysis for the understanding of multilingual cities and outlines a research agenda highlighting the need for increased comparative research on urban multilingualism. The article illustrates the agenda with reference to a geographical information systems (GIS) analysis of language in Cape Town. (57 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: African Languages, Afrikaans, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics, Language Dominance, Multilingualism, Official Languages, Social Change, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Urban Culture
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Asia; Canada; Greece; South Africa (Cape Town)
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