Language & language attitudes in a bilingual community, Terherne (Friesland)

Sociolinguistic descriptive study of "who speaks what language to whom and when" in the mid 1970's in a small community in the Province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Full time and part time residents of Terherne typically speak one or more languages: Frisian (officially recognized but a minority language in the Netherlands), Dutch, and in some cases dialects of Frisian and or Dutch. This book is based on the author's dissertation research that included personal observation and interviews with all the inhabitants of the community. This book explores the role of language attitudes in language use in a bilingual community.