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Peer reviewedWillemyns, Roland – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Discusses the consequences of "language shift through erosion" on the basis of an analysis of the gradual disappearance of Dutch as a native language in French Flanders. Sketches the theoretical language-in-contact framework, breaking down the chronological evolution into diglossic, bilingual and (almost) monolingual phases. (37…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Agents, Communicative Competence (Languages), Context Effect
Peer reviewedHarrison, Godfrey; So, Lydia K. H. – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996
Seeks to link the rapid pace of societal change in Hong Kong over the past 50 years with changing patterns of language use there. Shows how the country has changed demographically, economically, politically, socially, and technologically. (16 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Change Agents, Context Effect, Diachronic Linguistics
