Can the Principle of

Dopke, Susanne

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ERIC Number: EJ579698

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Can the Principle of "One Person-One Language" be Disregarded as Unrealistically Elitist?

Dopke, Susanne

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, v21 n1 p41-56 1998

Discusses childhood bilingualism, reviewing the one person-one language principle and the criticism against it, discussing shortcomings of the criticism, examining what the principle can do to bilingual families, and noting the sociolinguistic and developmental effects that one person-one language principle can have on the acquisition of the minority language. (SM)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Children, English Only Movement, Language Attitudes, Official Languages, Second Language Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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