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Et-Bozkurt, Tülay; Yagmur, Kutlay – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This study investigated the Family Language Policy of second- and third-generation Turkish parents in Melbourne, Australia. Earlier research has shown that the family home is a crucial site for language maintenance [Fishman 1991. "Reversing Language Shift: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Assistance to Threatened Languages."…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Family Relationship, Turkish, English (Second Language)
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Ball, Martin J.; Munro, Sian M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1981
Discusses steps involved in designing a phonological assessment procedure for Welsh speakers in Britain. Shows that tests used for English speakers will not be adequate to assess bilinguals' competence in Welsh because of major phonological differences between these two languages.(Author/BK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, Language Fluency, Language Tests
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de Bot, Kees; Clyne, Michael – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Speech material gathered from Dutch-English bilinguals in Australia questioned in 1971 and 1987 was analyzed, showing no evidence of attrition in Dutch. It is concluded that first-language attrition does not necessarily occur in an immigrant setting and that immigrants who maintain their language in the first years of their stay will likely remain…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dutch, English, Foreign Countries
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Shrubshall, P. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
To find out more about bilingual children's narrative discourse acquisition, study analyzes and compares the oral narrative discourse of bilingual and monolingual 5- to 10-year-olds in two ways. Uses Labov's taxonomy to measure evaluation, and shema theory to do an episodic analysis of elicited narratives. Argues that these frameworks serve to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
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Northover, Mehroo; Donnelly, Stephen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Argues that there is no pressure to make Irish an official language in Northern Ireland because the sociolinguistic preconditions for bilingualism do not exist. The article demonstrates that those Irish who do not speak or learn Irish have no less a sense of having an Irish identity than do fluent speakers or those learning Irish. (26 references)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Agents, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries