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Pluricentric languages in an immigrant context : Spanish, Arabic and Chinese By Michael Clyne and Sandra Kipp Published by Mouton de Gruyter (1999) |
Book description
This monograph attempts to explore the notion of pluricentric languages in relation to language
maintenance and shift in an immigrant situation (Australia). The three languages selected
(Spanish, Arabic, Chinese) are all pluricentric in different ways and are all languages of
international significance. Analysis of the differences in language maintenance processes and
patterns between the three languages, and between the different subgroups within the relevant
communities, help pinpoint some of the basic factors in language maintenance as well as some of
the more ambivalent or variable factors. It has also been possible to consider to what extent the
language gives rise to communities based on language rather than national origins. Among the
findings of the study is the significance of the major immigration vintage of the group on language
maintenance attitudes and practices. This partly reflects changing policies and attitudes in
mainstream Australian society.
The book will be an important source for sociolinguists, political scientists and those who are working in the fields of applied linguistics and ethnic relations
About the Author
Michael Clyne is Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Language and
Society Centre at Monash University. Professor Clyne has been awarded the
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Prize for his work in German linguistics, German as a
foreign language and German studies. He is a member of the Institute for
German Language in Mannheim and the Research Centre for Multiculturalism in
Brussels.
Sandra Kipp is a lecturer in Linguistics at Monash University.
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