'That Part of Me Is in a Different Language': 1.5 Generation Migrants' Views on Feelings of Difference when Switching Languages

Autor/in	Venturin, Beatrice
Titel	'That Part of Me Is in a Different Language': 1.5 Generation Migrants' Views on Feelings of Difference when Switching Languages
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 44 (2023) 5, S.370-387 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2020.1826494
Schlagwörter	Code Switching (Language); Multilingualism; Language Attitudes; Language Usage; Native Language; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Bilingualism; Russian; Immigrants; Cultural Background; Foreign Countries; Language Skill Attrition; Language Maintenance; Language Dominance; Emotional Response; Self Concept; Participant Characteristics; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sprachverhalten; Sprachgebrauch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Bilingualismus; Russisch; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ausland; Sprachverfall; Sprachpflege; Sprachliche Dominanz; Emotionales Verhalten; Selbstkonzept; Australien
Abstract	Multilinguals' feelings of difference when switching languages have been discussed extensively. However, this research area has mainly focused on multilinguals dominant in their first language (L1), examining the feelings they experience when using any language other than the L1 (LX). The present study offers a novel perspective on this topic and focuses on 19 Russian Australians belonging to the 1.5 generation, who participated in semi-structured interviews. This generation of childhood sequential bilinguals, by virtue of their early second language (L2) acquisition, is usually L2 dominant or L1+L2 dominant. This study presents qualitative analyses on these speakers' feelings of difference in relation to their L1, Russian, and L2, English. Participants' sense of feeling different typically emerged when using the L1, a language that maintained a strong emotional resonance, even when the speakers were potential L1 attriters. Hence, the combination of the emotional connotations attributed to the L1 and the inability to fully express themselves in this language seemed to intensify these speakers' feelings of difference when using the language. These findings highlight the importance of focusing on the 1.5 generation, and on LX-dominant multilinguals in general, to better understand the potential role of L1 attrition on multilinguals' self-perceptions when switching languages. (As Provided).
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