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Language Maintenance - Language Attrition: The Case of Polish Children in Sweden (Warschauer Studien Zur Germanistik Und Zur Angewandten Lingu #20)

Language Maintenance - Language Attrition: The Case of Polish Children in Sweden (Warschauer Studien Zur Germanistik Und Zur Angewandten Lingu #20)

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Publication Date: December 29th, 2014
Publisher:
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
ISBN:
9783631626825
Pages:
240
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Description

The book describes the factors influencing the maintenance of Polish by the second generation of emigrants in Sweden. It indicates the systemic mechanisms governing the acquisition of Polish by a child in a bilingual setting. Particular attention is given to the acquisition of the category of case.

About the Author

Roman Laskowski was professor emeritus at the University of Gothenburg and the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. As a Linguist and Slavicist, he was a professor at the Institute of the Polish Language at the Polish Academy of Sciences and member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg. He was the author of more than 150 scientific works, including 10 books.