Evaluating languages functions in a trilingual setting
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2010/03/0014/000134Keywords:
trilinguals, language functions, attitudes, immigrantsAbstract
The aim of this research was to investigate the language functions of trilinguals that live in Greece. This study consisted of personal interviews conducted at a State Evening School in Volos in January 2010 and the participants were between 19 and 24 years old. They were all male and they came from immigrant families of Albanian origin. The study aimed to locate the instances that each one of the languages - L1 Albanian, L2 Greek, L3 English - is used and to record the reasons that make the students use each one of their languages.
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