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Verschik, Anna – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2010
This article presents the concept of Jewish Lithuanian as a range of post-Yiddish varieties spoken by some Jews in Lithuania and seeks to synthesise findings in contemporary ethnolect studies and in the field of Jewish language research. The legitimacy of the term "ethnolect" is questioned by some researchers; however, it is argued that…
Descriptors: Jews, Language Research, Multilingualism, Monolingualism
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Huebner, Thom – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2006
This paper examines the linguistic landscapes of 15 Bangkok neighbourhoods to explore questions of language contact, language mixing and language dominance. It provides a linguistic framework for analysis of types of codemixing. It highlights the importance and influence of English as a global language. It examines the signs from government…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Private Sector, Linguistic Borrowing, Syntax
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Stavans, Anat; Swisher, Virginia – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2006
The present study discusses and describes codeswitches produced by two trilingual children acquiring English, Spanish and Hebrew simultaneously from birth. Data were collected regularly over a period of 20 months (from age 2;6 to 4;2 for M and from age 5;5 to 7;1 for E), in naturalistic tape-recorded sessions. Codeswitches drawn from…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Multilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning