| | Sociolinguistic preconditions for the development of new language varieties in a multilingual immigrant setting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Rinkeby was built in 1969-1972 and has today about 15.000 inhabitants of which 73% either are born abroad or have a foreign citizenship. |
 | | The sociolinguistic situation in Rinkeby and similar areas has even been compared to colonial contact situations: “the social and linguistic situation is remarkably similar to that in plantation areas, where the ’classic’ pidgins and creoles, such as Hawaiian Pidgin English, Tok Pisin, etc. once arose.” (Kotsinas 2000:161). |
 | | With a focus on Rinkeby, the paper evaluates available social, demographic and linguistic data, and surveys the variety of sociolinguistic data – still largely lacking – that is required for making an empirically based assessment of the situation in Rinkeby and a comparison with other language contact situations in the world. |
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