Multilingualism in Emerging Diasporas: A Tibetan Case Study

Autor/inn/en	MacPherson, Seonaigh; Ghoso, Dawa Bhuti
Titel	Multilingualism in Emerging Diasporas: A Tibetan Case Study
Quelle	In: Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2 (2008) 3, S.188-216 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-5692
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Ideology; Foreign Countries; Literacy; Females; Immigrants; Questionnaires; Language Usage; Role of Education; Language Maintenance; Language Skill Attrition; Youth; Family Environment; Futures (of Society); Acculturation; English (Second Language); Case Studies; Bhutan; Canada; China; India; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ideologie; Ausland; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Weibliches Geschlecht; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Fragebogen; Sprachgebrauch; Bildungsauftrag; Sprachpflege; Sprachverfall; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Familienmilieu; Future; Society; Zukunft; Akkulturation; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Kanada; Indien
Abstract	This study examines the multilingual and multiliteracy practices of a group of Tibetan female youths from South Asia (India, Bhutan, Nepal) newly arrived in Toronto, Canada (N = 24). The main data are derived from a questionnaire surveying their language practices across contexts indicating the roles of education, community, and society in multilingual maintenance and loss. In addition, this study considers how language ideology and the other sociocultural factors have impacted on participants' language and literacy preferences and practices. The results indicate specific multilingual and multiliterate patterns within the diaspora with differences between South Asia and North America. As female youths, the participants offer an indication of future trends in cultural and linguistic participation given the unequal influence of women on family language practices. (Contains 10 tables and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10