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Publication details [#42621]

Makihara, Miki. 2005. Rapa Nui ways of speaking Spanish: Language shift and socialization on Easter Island. Language in Society 34 (5) : 727–762.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press

Annotation

This paper investigates language shift in the Spanish-Rapa Nui (Polynesian) bilingual community of Easter Island and especially the use of Rapa Nui Spanish varieties and their social significance.