Grandparents, grandchildren, and heritage language use in Korean
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Eunjin Park
Abstract
This chapter discusses an ethnographic and sociolinguistic study that examines the patterns of language socialization of six Korean-American families in the New York metropolitan area, particularly the ideologies and linguistic practices that surround politeness. All participating families had at least one 2– to 4–yearold child, spoke Korean as the mother tongue, and had at least one grandparent who regularly interacted with the child. The author collected 80 hours of audio/video recordings of naturally occurring family conversations and then analyzed the grandparents’ roles in the transmission of linguistic and cultural heritage in terms of politeness. Findings highlight the parents’ expectations of grandparents as linguistic and cultural resources for the family and grandparents’ actual influence on children’s cultural practices and language use.
Abstract
This chapter discusses an ethnographic and sociolinguistic study that examines the patterns of language socialization of six Korean-American families in the New York metropolitan area, particularly the ideologies and linguistic practices that surround politeness. All participating families had at least one 2– to 4–yearold child, spoke Korean as the mother tongue, and had at least one grandparent who regularly interacted with the child. The author collected 80 hours of audio/video recordings of naturally occurring family conversations and then analyzed the grandparents’ roles in the transmission of linguistic and cultural heritage in terms of politeness. Findings highlight the parents’ expectations of grandparents as linguistic and cultural resources for the family and grandparents’ actual influence on children’s cultural practices and language use.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Author information ix
- Introduction 1
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Section 1: Heritage language development among East Asian immigrant families
- The role of parents in heritage language maintenance and development 15
- Balancing L1 maintenance and L2 learning 33
- Grandparents, grandchildren, and heritage language use in Korean 57
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Section 2: The influence of educational institutions on heritage language development
- Heritage language development 89
- High-stakes testing and heritage language maintenance 127
- Japanese English bilingual children in three different language environments 145
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Section 3: Heritage language use and proficiency: Associated and predictive factors
- Heritage language maintenance by Korean-American college students 175
- First language use and language behavior of Chinese students in Toronto, Canada 209
- East Asian heritage language proficiency development 243
- References 259
- Index 279
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Author information ix
- Introduction 1
-
Section 1: Heritage language development among East Asian immigrant families
- The role of parents in heritage language maintenance and development 15
- Balancing L1 maintenance and L2 learning 33
- Grandparents, grandchildren, and heritage language use in Korean 57
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Section 2: The influence of educational institutions on heritage language development
- Heritage language development 89
- High-stakes testing and heritage language maintenance 127
- Japanese English bilingual children in three different language environments 145
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Section 3: Heritage language use and proficiency: Associated and predictive factors
- Heritage language maintenance by Korean-American college students 175
- First language use and language behavior of Chinese students in Toronto, Canada 209
- East Asian heritage language proficiency development 243
- References 259
- Index 279
