Language use in Brussels and the position of Dutch

The multilingual character of the population, the number of mixed-language families and the fact that more and more people in Brussels are using services of both traditional language communities is making it increasingly difficult to link a person to a specific language community in Brussels. The linguistic landscape is also becoming more complicated in itself. French definitely remains the lingua franca and the youths who are born in Brussels with an “allochtonous” background are increasingly shifting to the use of French in their new family units. At the same time, however, the number of bil... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Janssens, Rudi
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Verlag/Hrsg.: Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles
Schlagwörter: multiculturalism / languages
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://brussels.revues.org/520