Immigrants as New Speakers in Galicia and Wales: Issues of Integration, Belonging and Legitimacy

Autor/inn/en	Bermingham, Nicola; Higham, Gwennan
Titel	Immigrants as New Speakers in Galicia and Wales: Issues of Integration, Belonging and Legitimacy
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 39 (2018) 5, S.394-406 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2018.1429454
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Language Tests; Social Integration; Second Language Learning; Citizenship; Bilingualism; Welsh; Romance Languages; Language Variation; Native Speakers; Language Minorities; Geographic Regions; Foreign Countries; Ethnography; Comparative Analysis; Language Research; Language Maintenance; Spanish; English (Second Language); Interviews; Observation; Spain; United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Language test; Sprachtest; Soziale Integration; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Staatsbürgerschaft; Bilingualismus; Walisisch; Romanische Sprache; Sprachenvielfalt; Muttersprachler; Sprachminderheit; Ausland; Ethnografie; Sprachforschung; Sprachpflege; Spanisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Spanien
Abstract	Immigrant integration in nation states increasingly focuses on the importance of learning the national state language. This is evidenced by increased emphasis on rigorous language testing and tighter citizenship regulations. This paper analyses immigrant integration in two sub-state contexts, Galicia and Wales, where presence of a national language as well as a local language reveal different linguistic complexities and realities which concern the new speaker. How do immigrants respond to bilingual host community settings? To what extent are new speakers able to claim ownership on more than one host community language? Are new immigrant speakers of Galician and Welsh considered 'legitimate' speakers of these languages? To answer these questions, this paper will compare and contrast results from two ethnographically based research projects, showing that immigrants in both these contexts are challenging traditional concepts of new speakers of minority languages, opening up new ways of belonging and also revealing boundaries to their pathways of becoming legitimate new speakers. (As Provided).
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