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Starks, Donna – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2006
This paper describes the Niuean community and the evolving roles of Niuean language and identity in New Zealand, where the majority of Niueans now reside. As part of the Pasifika Languages of Manukau Project (PLMP), 30 New Zealand Niueans participated in detailed interviews on issues relating to language main-tenance. This paper considers their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives, Language Proficiency, Language Maintenance
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Starks, Donna – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2005
This paper considers speakers' differing degrees of self-confidence in their bilingual abilities and their effects on reported language use and observed patterns of language choice. One hundred and twenty individuals from New Zealand's four largest Pasifika communities--Samoan, Cook Islands, Tongan and Niuean--reported on their self-confidence in…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, Malayo Polynesian Languages