Afrikaans Language Maintenance in Australia

Autor/inn/en	Hatoss, Aniko; Starks, Donna; van Rensburg, Henriette Janse
Titel	Afrikaans Language Maintenance in Australia
Quelle	In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 34 (2011) 1, S.4-23 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-0640
Schlagwörter	Language Maintenance; Speech Communication; Indo European Languages; Foreign Countries; Bilingualism; Immigrants; Politics; Social Change; Self Concept; Family Environment; Native Language; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Australia; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachpflege; Indoeuropäisch; Ausland; Bilingualismus; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Politik; Sozialer Wandel; Selbstkonzept; Familienmilieu; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Australien; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Changes in the political climate in the home country have resulted in the emigration of South Africans to English speaking countries such as Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Despite the scale of movement of the South African population, language maintenance in these diasporic contexts has received little consideration. This paper presents a description of an Australian Afrikaans-speaking community in the small Queensland city of Toowoomba. The study shows a high degree of bilingualism amongst the first generation Afrikaans community but also shows incipient signs of language shift within the home and a weak connection between language and identity. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Applied Linguistics Association of Australia. e-mail: info@alaa.org.au; Web site: http://www.alaa.org.au/page/aral_journal.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10