Resumen de Where do Slovenes speak Slovene and to whom?: Minority language choice in a transactional setting

Majda Kaučič-Baša

• The subject of the study is code choice (Slovene/Italian) in transactional communication among members ofthe Slovene minority in Trieste. Infield research mainly microethnographic methods of linguistic data collection were employed. Recorded face-to-face interactions made possible the description of speech behavior and the explanation of code-choice patterns.