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Mejía, Glenda – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
This article discusses the usage of the Spanish language by Hispanic mothers with their children, their views on language maintenance and culture within their bilingual families and their opinions on the benefits of bilingualism in a globalised world. Drawing upon detailed case studies of 16 native Spanish-speaking mothers married to…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Spanish Speaking, Immigrants, Case Studies
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Brown, N. Anthony – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2008
This paper examines the degree to which language shift or maintenance is obtained across four generations in Belarus. Linguistic homogeneity and heterogeneity receive particular attention as potential contributing factors to language shift or maintenance in the home, arguably the last bastion in terms of language maintenance. In an effort to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Language Usage, Language Maintenance, Language Skill Attrition