Bilingualism and Biculturalism as Individual and as Societal Phenonomena.

Fishman, Joshua A.

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ERIC Number: EJ234450

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Publication Date: 1980

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Bilingualism and Biculturalism as Individual and as Societal Phenonomena.

Fishman, Joshua A.

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v1 n1 p3-15 1980

As diglossia is the societal counterpart of individual bilingualism, diethnia is the stable, societal counterpart to individual biculturalism. Diethnia requires societal compartmentalization as well as institutionally protected functional specificity. Maintenance of this division is difficult, given modern, interactive, mobile, and individualistic urban industrial conditions. (Author/PJM)

Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Diglossia, Language Maintenance, Language Planning, Language Role, Social Dialects, Sociocultural Patterns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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