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| Autor/in | Hvenekilde, Anne |
|---|---|
| Titel | Kinship systems and language choice among academics in Shillong, Northeast India. |
| Quelle | In: International journal of applied linguistics, 11 (2001) 2, S. 174-193Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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| Beigaben | Anmerkungen; Literaturangaben |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 1473-4192 |
| DOI | 10.1111/1473-4192.00013 |
| Schlagwörter | Empirische Forschung; Interview; Sitte; Konflikt; Familie; Lingua franca; Soziolinguistik; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachkontakt; Erstsprache; Englisch; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Indien |
| Abstract | In Shillong, the capital of the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, Indo-Aryan languages from the plains meet the Tibeto-Burman and Austro-Asiatic minority languages of the hills, and the result is a degree of multilingualism that is high even by Indian standards. English is widely used by academic groups everywhere in India, but structured interviews with all 17 faculty members of two departments at North-Eastern Hill University in Shillong reveal special reasons why some parents now choose to use English with their children rather than their own mother tongue. Caste imposes fewer barriers in this part of India than elsewhere, and marriages across ethnic groups are common, but conflicting kinship practices can bring complications. If a woman from a matrilineal group marries a man from a patrilineal group, both families will, according to their traditions, consider the children to belong to their kinship group. Using English with their children, rather than choosing the language of just one set of grand-parents, can be a way of avoiding potential conflict. Thus, in addition to the use of English in higher education, increasing geographic mobility, and the general prestige of English, the conflicting demands of different kinship systems needs to be considered among the factors contributing to the spread of English at the cost of local languages in Northeast India. (Verlag). |
| Erfasst von | Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg |
| Update | 2023/1 |
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