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"My Mom Works in a Restaurant Here at the Market, so She Doesn't Need Czech": Managing the (Non-)Acquisition of the Majority Language in an Ethnolinguistic Minority Community
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Sherman, Tamah; Homolác, Jirí – Language Policy, 2020
For immigrants, linguistic competence in the national or minority language is frequently viewed as a tool for emancipation, protection, and integration. However, in contexts where immigrants primarily work in ethnic-economy blue-collar professions, language acquisition is less likely to function as a solution to adaptation-related problems. This…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Language Skills, Second Language Learning, Language Usage