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The book examines the development and maintenance of a minority language, engaging on both micro and macro levels to address open questions in the field. Guardado provides a history of the study of language maintenance, including discussion of language socialization, cosmopolitan identities, and home practices. In particular, the author uses ´discourse´ as a primary tool to understand minority language development and maintenance.

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Martin Guardado, University of Alberta, Canada.

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