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Peer reviewedEdwards, John – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Discusses tensions resulting from dichotomies existing between "smaller" languages and those of wider communications. It is suggested that there are four recurring approaches for dealing with this tension: communicative language shift, defense of the more threatened variety, "localization" of the stronger language (for example,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Agents, English, Foreign Countries
