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Peer reviewedNelde, Peter H. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1989
Describes contact linguistic backgrounds in three distinct sociolinguistic areas in Old Belgium, illustrating the importance of ecological approaches in analyzing areas in which one or more languages or varieties are in danger of dying out. Data collection methods that discover, rather than conceal, linguistic realities are revealed. 29…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Culture Contact, Ecological Factors, Foreign Countries
