Ideology, identity, and linguistic capital : a sociolinguistic investigation of language shift among the Ajam of Kuwait
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between language practices and non-linguistic processes that affect the outcome of language shift and loss situations. The community under investigation form a small minority Kuwaiti-Persian ethnic group known as Ajam. The Ajam speak a distinc...
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University of Essex
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502127 |