Afrikaans language maintenance in Australia
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Article Title | Afrikaans language maintenance in Australia |
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ERA Journal ID | 8730 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Hatoss, Aniko (Author), Starks, Donna (Author) and van Rensburg, Henriette Janse (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Review of Applied Linguistics |
Journal Citation | 34 (1), pp. 4-23 |
Number of Pages | 20 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 0155-0640 |
1833-7139 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.34.1.01hat |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/aral/article/viewFile/2114/2507 |
Abstract | Changes in the political climate in the home country have resulted in the emigration of South Africans to English speaking countries such as Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Despite the scale of movement of the South African population, language maintenance in these diasporic contexts has received little consideration. This paper presents a description of an Australian Afrikaans-speaking community in the small Queensland city of Toowoomba. The study shows a high degree of bilingualism amongst the first generation Afrikaans community but also shows incipient signs of language shift within the home and a weak connection between language and identity. |
Keywords | Afrikaans; Australia; language attitudes; language maintenance; language shift |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470211. Migrant cultural studies |
470411. Sociolinguistics | |
440105. Linguistic anthropology | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of New South Wales |
La Trobe University | |
Faculty of Education | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0wzq/afrikaans-language-maintenance-in-australia
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