This monograph is the first attempt to explore the notion of
pluricentric languages in relation to language maintenance and
shift in an immigrant situation (Australia). The three languages
selected (Spanish, Arabic, Chinese) are all pluricentric in
different ways and are all languages of international significance.
Analysis of the differences in language maintenance processes and
patterns between the three languages, and between the different
subgroups within the relevant communities, help pinpoint some of
the basic factors in language maintenance as well as some of the
more ambivalent or variable factors. It has also been possible to
consider to what extent the language gives rise to communities
based on language rather than national origins. Among the findings
of the study is the significance of the major immigration vintage
of the group on language maintenance attitudes and practices. This
partly reflects changing policies and attitudes in mainstream
Australian society.
The book is an important source for sociolinguists, political
scientists and those who are working in the fields of applied
linguistics and ethnic relations.
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