Case Study: The Cross-Marriage Language Dilemma: His Language or Hers?  

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Klerk, Vivian de

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Full Text) vol. 4 no. 3 (2001), page 197-216.
Fulltext: Vol. 4, No. 3, 197 — 216.pdf (234.36KB)

Isi artikel

The issue of language maintenance and shift has long been a matter of interest in linguistic research ( Denison, 1977; Gal, 1979; Dorian, 1980; Fasold, 1984; Aitchison, 1991) and considerable progress has been made in trying to isolate the factors which affect such trends in usage at a macro level, in large linguisticcommunities. This article reports on language shift on a micro level, in a study carried out on 10 cross-language English/Afrikaansmarriages.The study explores the language dynamics, attitudesand usage patterns within these families, as well as reporting on the relative levels of success in achieving family bilingualism. It also provides an overviewof factors influencing language usage in thesehomes, and offers a viewon possible long-termlinguistic outcomes for these families.

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