The Languages of the United States: What Is Spoken and What It Means.

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W.

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ERIC Number: EJ539303

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Publication Date: 1996

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The Languages of the United States: What Is Spoken and What It Means.

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W.

READ Perspectives, v3 n2 p5-41 Fall 1996

Provides a statistical portrait of residents of the United States who speak a language other than English, including the degree of their fluency in English. The analysis is based on the microdata files from the 1990 Census of Population. The data reveal that a continuation of current migration patterns will result in both linguistic concentration and diversity in the United States. (12 references) (CK)

Descriptors: Census Figures, Change Agents, Demography, English, Immigrants, Language Attitudes, Language Fluency, North American English, Official Languages, Social Change, Sociolinguistics

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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