Language maintenance and identity among Sudanese-Australian refugee-background youth
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Article Title | Language maintenance and identity among Sudanese-Australian refugee-background youth |
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ERA Journal ID | 20449 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Hatoss, Aniko (Author) and Sheely, Terry (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development |
Journal Citation | 30 (2), pp. 127-144 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0143-4632 |
1747-7557 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/01434630802510113 |
Abstract | This paper reports the results of a sociolinguistic survey-based study of the Sudanese community in a regional settlement in Australia. The context of this study represents a distinctive language contact setting with a unique combination of social, cultural and demographic factors. The study aimed to explore attitudes, perceptions and the actual use of mother tongue in a refugee context among adolescent and young adult secondary school learners from the Sudanese community in a regional settlement in South-East Queensland. Findings from this study demonstrate that the Sudanese refugee community in Australia is strongly attached to their mother tongue, Dinka; however, English is increasingly used in various public and private domains among those of the survey group. |
Keywords | immigrant communities in Australia; refugee youth; identity; Dinka; mother tongue; multilingualism; African diaspora studies; ethnic identity; language maintenance; language shift; language use surveys; refugees |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440107. Social and cultural anthropology |
470411. Sociolinguistics | |
440105. Linguistic anthropology | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
St. Joseph College, Toowoomba, Australia |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9ywyz/language-maintenance-and-identity-among-sudanese-australian-refugee-background-youth
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