Intergenerational language transmission in an established Australian migrant community: what makes the difference?

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/dark_document/67544 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/dark_document/67544 http://eprints.org/relation/issmallThumbnailVersionOf https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/dark_document/67544 archive 664 disk0/00/00/21/66 2009-12-10 23:09:03 2021-08-27 07:42:58 2009-12-10 23:09:03 article show Borland Helen Borland, Helen Intergenerational language transmission in an established Australian migrant community: what makes the difference? pub CommunicationLanguageCulture FOR_2008_200300 ResPubID: 12035, emigration, immigration, immigrants, Australian migrant community, ethnic minority communities, language maintenance Diasporic communities formed as a result of recent migration movements face particular issues and challenges in supporting the intergenerational transmission of their heritage language, especially when the language involved is not one that has high visibility and status in the surrounding society. This article is a case study of a mature migrant community in Melbourne, Australia - people of Maltese background - and aims to explore in some depth factors that are promoting and inhibiting intergenerational language transmission within the community. Two groups of factors are identified - facilitating factors and motivating factors - and these are discussed and related to the experiences and attitudes of the interviewees. The parents interviewed represent two vintages of migration: pre- and post-independence in Malta. Superficially, it appears that the post-independence migrants have a stronger commitment to intergenerational language transmission. However, it is argued that this only partially explains the observed differences. For both vintages, changes in the opportunities for diasporic engagement and in government policy settings in both the homeland and in Australia are creating an environment which is more facilitative of intergenerational language transmission for families motivated to support such transmission 2006 published Walter de Gruyter 10.1515/IJSL.2006.038 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/IJSL.2006.038 67544 2 2406232 dark_document 67544 Borland Helen.pdf application/pdf 8de1bcf656d20cdd251c7cd4a9bbe8bc MD5 45198 2020-10-06 02:45:34 2166 1 1 application/pdf text Generic Permission Form en staffonly

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