Language use in interlingual families : a Japanese-English sociolinguistic study / Masayo Yamamoto.
Material type: TextSeries: Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 30.Publisher: Clevedon, England ; Buffalo, N.Y. : Multilingual Matters, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: x, 170 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 185359539X
- 9781853595394
- 1853595403
- 9781853595400
- 495.604221
- P115.5.J3 Y36 2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Studies of Bilingualism in Interlingual Families. Studies in the Sociolinguistic/Sociocultural Tradition. Survey Studies of Interlingual Families in the Japanese Context -- 3. Taxonomy of Interlingual Family Types. Terminological Problems. Four Subcategories -- 4. Objectives and Method of the Present Study. Objectives. Method -- 5. Findings. Data Description: Tabulation and Description. Research Questions. Follow-up Interviews -- 6. Conclusions.
"This book introduces the way languages are used in families under multilingual circumstances in Japan, namely Japanese-English interlingual families, and examines what factors influence their language choice, with the aim of arriving at a predictive model of language use. The data for analysis is derived from a questionnaire survey conducted with interlingual families and follow-up interviews with a small number of families drawn from the original sample. In light of these findings, the book also examines the 'one parent-one language' principle in relation to children's use of a minority language and suggests an alternative view, namely the principle of maximal engagement with the minority language. The book also proposes a taxonomy of interlingual family types and a typological model of language use, with the intention of providing researchers with a unifying framework for the study of bilingualism."--BOOK JACKET.
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