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Wurm, Stephen A. – Language Sciences, 1992
Discusses the role of Russian colonization of the Siberian region and the impact of demographic changes on languages in the region. Topics addressed include intercommunication through contact languages based on one-way bilingualism, pidgin and creole languages in the Siberian region, and Eskimo Pidgin. (33 references) (Author/JP)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, Eskimos
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Bourhis, Richard Y.; Giles, Howard – Language Sciences, 1976
This experiment using the matched-guise technique in a natural setting shows that listeners' cooperative behavior can be influenced by a speaker's style of speech not only in a face-to-face situation, but also on the basis of voice cues alone. Broadness of pronunciation also influences reactions. (POP)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Attitudes, Language Role, Language Styles
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Gray, Bennison – Language Sciences, 1979
Discusses the rise of classicism in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, and demonstrates how this concept represents a basis for social discrimination. (AM)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Classical Languages, Classical Literature, Grammar
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Sampson, G. P.; Richards, J. C. – Language Sciences, 1973
Descriptors: Age Groups, Bilingualism, Interference (Language), Language Learning Levels
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Paulston, Christina Bratt; Paulston, Rolland G. – Language Sciences, 1980
Group bilingualism, the contact situations which lead to it, and the role of language in maintaining ethnic boundaries are examined. Emphasis is laid on minority languages in the United States, Canada, Europe, and South Africa. The insistence of these groups on maintenance bilingual education rather than the acceptance of transitional assimilation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Pluralism