Voices of Immigration - A Serial Narrative Ethnography of Language Shift

"This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details"--

List of contents

Preface; 1. Language, Heritage and Change; 2. Coming to the Beautiful Country; 3. Raising Children; 4. Speaking the School Language; 5. Chinese Language School; 6. Seeing through Children's Eyes; 7. Facing Race; 8. A Tangled Tale; References, Index.

About the author

Agnes Weiyun He is Professor of Applied Linguistics, and Founder and Director of the Center for Multilingual and Intercultural Communication at Stony Brook University. She currently serves as Secretary of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. A multilingual Guggenheim Fellow, she holds a lifelong passion for exploring the relationship between language and life.

Summary

Drawing on the experiences of different speakers of Chinese as a heritage language, this book explores current theoretical and typological issues surrounding heritage language development. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Foreword

What does immigration do to our languages and identities? What factors contribute to the maintenance or loss of immigrant languages?

Product details

• Authors: Agnes Weiyun He, Agnes Weiyun (State University of New York He, He Agnes Weiyun
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2024
• EAN: 9781108490221
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49022-1
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sociolinguistics, Chinese, Migration, immigration & emigration, Regional Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Asian American people, Bilingualism and multilingualism