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values, though she is aware that this has no comparison with the Tamil situation. For both groups, the literary Tamil of the present is a shared value, and the classical Tamil of the past is a marker of cultural pride. Nevertheless, both groups are drawn behaviorally into Anglo-Franco rivalry in different ways in terms of their choice of medium of instruction, their preference of language in casual encounters, and in shopping, as well as with friends, as chapter 3 demonstrates. Choice of Tamil, which is restricted to the variety of their home country, is also thrown into this mix. Das demonstrates that there is code-switching and code-mixing between Tamil on the one hand and French and/or English on the other. Linguistic rivalry, or accommodation, in communication closely relates to the group's linguistic histories. The author points out that the Sri Lankan immigrants come from Tamil-medium schools in their home country, and the Indian immigrants come from English medium schools, a hangover from British colonialism. These histories are reflected in differences in attitude towards French and English in communication, as well as language choice in education. Such historical ideological differences towards language result in Tamil schools being segregated among the two groups. The book shows that immigrants do not leave behind their ideologies about languages, nor do they insulate themselves from the language ideologies of the adopted land.

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