Co-Ethnic Network, Social Class, and Heritage Language Maintenance among Chinese Immigrant Families

Autor/in	Zhang, Donghui
Titel	Co-Ethnic Network, Social Class, and Heritage Language Maintenance among Chinese Immigrant Families
Quelle	In: Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 11 (2012) 3, S.200-223 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-8458
DOI	10.1080/15348458.2012.686408
Schlagwörter	Language Maintenance; Social Class; Ethnography; Mandarin Chinese; Social Networks; Immigrants; Chinese Americans; English (Second Language); Acculturation; Language Usage; Second Language Learning; Interviews; Participant Observation; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachpflege; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Ethnografie; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Asian immigrant; Chinese; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; Chinesen; USA; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Akkulturation; Sprachgebrauch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teilnehmende Beobachtung
Abstract	This ethnographic study investigated heritage language maintenance among two distinct groups of Chinese immigrant families (Mandarin and Fujianese) from the social network perspective. The results indicated that a co-ethnic network could be a double-edged sword, which works differently on children from different social classes. While the Mandarin children benefited from a strong co-ethnic network in resisting pressures for language assimilation, the Fujianese children shifted to English collectively as a way to survive in the U.S. society. (Contains 7 footnotes and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10