Session Details

Thursday, 28 December

269. Bilingualism, Language Contact, and Language Learning

3:30–4:45 p.m., Congress B, Loews

Program arranged by the Discussion Group on General Linguistics

Presiding: Roslyn Sue Raney, Coll. of San Mateo, CA

1. “Bilingualism as a Threat to Languages: The Paradox of Language Endangerment,” Janina Brutt-Griffler, Univ. at Buffalo, State Univ. of New York

2. “Sächsisch als Verlierersprache? Insights into the Status of Saxon German Fifteen Years after Reunification,” Keith Kennetz, Univ. of Georgia

3. “Methodological Approaches in Computer-Mediated Communication in the Second or Foreign Language Classroom: Implications for Theory and Practice,” Bryan Smith, Arizona State Univ., Tempe

4. “The Role of ASL in the English Prose of Deaf College Students,” Rebecca S. Day Babcock, Univ. of Texas of the Permian Basin

5. “Nonlinguist American Raters’ Ability to Detect Segmental and Suprasegmental Features in the Romanian Accent in English,” Iulia Pittman, Auburn Univ., Auburn

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