This work is concerned with the relationship of minority immigrant languages to mainstream culture, and the particular ways in which the institution of education handles linguistic diversity. Its main focus is on Australia, including a discussion of the development of Australian languages policy and a report on a major piece of empirical work undertaken which investigates German and Macedonian language maintenance in the Wollongong-Shellharbour region of New South Wales. The book, however is not about Australian languages and education. Rather, it is a more general argument, using Australia and several other countries as examples, about the general phenomenon of minority language use.
- ISBN10 1850006288
- ISBN13 9781850006282
- Publish Date 29 November 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Falmer Press Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 219
- Language English