Dialect and Standard Language in a Migrant Situation: The Case of New Zealand Croatian
Dialect and Standard Language in a Migrant Situation: The Case of New Zealand Croatian
Author(s): Hans-Peter StoffelSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Cultural Essay, Migration Studies, Philology
Published by: Croatian Studies Centre
Keywords: Croatian language; Migration studies; dialect; standard language;
Summary/Abstract: In Australia, New Zealand and the southern tip of South America, Slavonic languages exist at the very periphery of their territorial radius. Such languages have been referred to as languages in diaspora, colonial languages, languages in emigration or migrant languages (we shall use the term migrant language, which includes the speech of the descendants of migrants).
Journal: Croatian Studies Review - Časopis hrvatskih studija
- Issue Year: 2002
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 1-23
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English