Meilutė Ramonienė, Vilnius University Guus Extra, Tilburg University

MULTILINGUALISM IN LITHUANIAN CITIES: AIMS AND OUTCOMES OF A HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY IN VILNIUS, KAUNAS AND KLAIPĖDA

• Meilutė Ramonienė, Vilnius University

• Guus Extra, Tilburg University

Multilingual Cities Project

• 6 Western European multicultural cities:

• Göteborg

• Hamburg

• The Hague

• Brussels

• Lyon

• Madrid

• G. Extra and K. Yağmur, eds., 2004, Urban Multilingualism in Europe. Immigrant Minority Languages at Home and School. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters

Lithuanian cities

• Vilnius (544 206 inhabitants)

• Kaunas (350 555 inhabitants)

• Klaipėda (Lithuania’s major sea port,

• 184 657 inhabitants)

• Research project “Language use and ethnic identity in urban areas of Lithuania”

• Supported by Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation

Language choice for Polish (Poles)

Language dominance in Polish or Lithuanian (Poles)

• Language preference for Polish or Lithuanian (Poles)