Language and Ethnicity in Minority Sociolinguistic Perspective

Abstract

What is ethnicity and how is it linked to language? - phenomenological and socio-historical considerations language maintenance and language shift in ethnocultural perspective the ethnic dimension in language planning language and ethnicity in education - the bilingual minority focus elites and rank-and-file - contrasts and contexts in ethnolinguistic behaviour and attitudes ethnolinguistic homogeneity and heterogeneity - worldwide causes, consequences and aspirations.