Immigrant Language Maintenance and Shift in the Gujarati, Dutch and Samoan Communities of Wellington

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Immigrant Language Maintenance and Shift in the Gujarati, Dutch and Samoan Communities of Wellington

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This thesis makes a contribution to the study of language maintenance and shift among New Zealand ethnic minority communities; it explores reasons for different rates of shift and different outcomes in relation to language maintenance in different communities; and the results are related to wide-ranging issues of New Zealand language policy. Research was undertaken in three minority immigrant groups in Wellington. The Gujarati community in Wellington is a major part of the Indian community to...

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10 Nov, 2021

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Roberts, Mary Lucy

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Immigration / New Zealand / Language and culture / Dutch language / Samoan language / Gujarati language / Sociolinguistics / Code switching (Linguistics) / School: School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies / 200499 Linguistics not elsewhere classified / Marsden: 380205 Language in Culture and Society (sociolinguistics) / Marsden: 420309 Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies / Marsden: 420123 Comparative Language Studies / Degree Discipline: Linguistics / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy / Linguistics not elsewhere classified

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