Shift Happens, but When? The Timing of Language Shift in Immigrant Generations
Ortman, Jennifer M.
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Description
Title
Shift Happens, but When? The Timing of Language Shift in Immigrant Generations
Author(s)
Ortman, Jennifer M.
Issue Date
2008
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Stevens, Gillian
Department of Study
Sociology
Discipline
Sociology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Hispanic American Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
This study provides an antidote to the assumption in prior research that the process of language shift is entirely the outcome of mother-tongue shift, an intergenerational process. It is not a simple matter of mother-tongue shift, nor is it a process experienced in the same way by all immigrant groups. The maintenance of a non-English language across generations requires that the language be passed from parents to children, but while some children continue to use their parent's non-English mother tongue over their lifetime, other children grow to prefer and use only English.
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