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Peer reviewedFehlen, Fernand – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2002
Focuses on the language situation in Luxembourg, examining the interference between Letzeburgesch on one hand and, French German, and English on the other. Bourdieu's concept of legitimate language is modified to match the situation in Luxembourg of "triglossia with trilinguaism" and the legitimate multilingual language competence, which…
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, French, German
Peer reviewedPauwels, Anne – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Investigates whether speakers of standard German and Dutch maintain their language variety better than speakers of German and Dutch dialects. Also investigates the phenomenon of diglossia in immigrant societies and shows that the type of diglossia prevalent in the immigrant's home country significantly affects the language situation in the new…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Diglossia, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
