Linguistic Competence and Regional Identity in Brittany: Attitudes and Perceptions of Identity.

Hoare, Rachel

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ERIC Number: EJ619872

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2000

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Linguistic Competence and Regional Identity in Brittany: Attitudes and Perceptions of Identity.

Hoare, Rachel

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v21 n4 p324-46 2000

Outlines a research project conducted in Brittany in 1994 and 1995. The object was to investigate the attitudes of young people in Brittany (ages 8-18) toward varieties of language in the region, using a questionnaire survey and interviews. A brief description of the project is followed by a discussion of the sociolinguistic situation in France. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interviews, Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Questionnaires, Second Languages, Sociolinguistics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: France

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