Cultural Memory of Language
Contemporary Applied Linguistics Volume 5
I can't even speak my own language, were the words overheard in a college staffroom that triggered the writing of this book. Calling something 'my own' implies a personal, proprietorial relationship with it. But how can it be your own if you cannot speak it?The Cultural Memory of Language looks at unintended monolingualism - a lack of language fluency in a migratory cultural situation where two or more languages exist at 'home'. It explores family history and childhood language acquisition and attrition. What is the present everyday experience of language use and life between two cultures? Examining interview data, Samata uncovers a sense of…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4725-8375-8
- EAN: 9781472583758
- Produktnummer: 17206234
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'703 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Susan R. Samata, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
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