Heritage language maintenance and identity among the second-generation Chinese-Australian children
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DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2021.1890650
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study investigates the links between the second-generation Chinese Australians’ heritage language proficiency and perceptions of Chinese identity. Thirty 10–11-year-old children of Chinese immigrants took a Chinese proficiency test and participated in semi-structured interviews.… read more here.
Keywords: language maintenance; language; second generation; identity ... See more keywords
Primary and secondary factors in language maintenance in a medium-sized community language: Catalan in Spain
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DOI: 10.1177/1367006917745697
Abstract: Aims and objectives: The main aim of this study is to find out which social and ideological factors determine the maintenance of Catalan language in public contexts, and particularly the relative weight each factor contributes… read more here.
Keywords: catalan; use; factors language; language maintenance ... See more keywords
Language attitudes of young Romanians in Catalonia (Spain): The role of heritage language maintenance programs
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DOI: 10.1515/multi-2018-0069
Abstract: Abstract This article presents a mixed method analysis of the language attitudes held by secondary education students of Romanian origin, which are members of the second largest immigrant population living currently in Catalonia. The relevance… read more here.
Keywords: language attitudes; maintenance programs; language maintenance; language ... See more keywords