Abstract
In the following article, we present aims, methods and first results of “RepertoirePluS”, a project undertaken by Eurac Research in the province Alto Adige/Südtirol. The project has examined the linguistic repertoires of 240 students of lower and upper secondary schools (age 12-17) and their use of their linguistic resources. By means of a questionnaire survey, we uncovered considerable complexity in the students’ repertoires: at the very least, repertoires are made up of Italian, German and English and they may additionally include the minority language Ladin, other languages spoken in the family or acquired in formal and informal contexts, and non-standard varieties of the aforementioned languages. This illustrates how the province’s linguistic make-up is not only characterised by the presence of historical linguistic minorities, but has also been shaped by forces of globalisation.