Commentary published In: Epistemological issue: The dynamics of bilingualism in language shift ecologies
Edited by Cristina Flores and Neal Snape
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 13:1] 2023
► pp. 40–44
Commentary
A complex solution to an unsolvable problem?
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Published online: 2 February 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.22084.dal
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.22084.dal
Article outline
- Microvariation and uniformity
- Generational variation
- Is it worthwhile?
- Note
Selected references
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