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EJ983040 - Language Maintenance in Trilingual Families--A Focus on Grandparents

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ERIC #:	EJ983040
Title:	Language Maintenance in Trilingual Families--A Focus on Grandparents
Authors:	Braun, Andreas
Descriptors:	Family (Sociological Unit); Foreign Countries; Grounded Theory; Multilingualism; Language Maintenance; Data Analysis; Grandparents; Grandchildren; Interviews; Language Usage; Language Minorities; Native Language; Second Language Learning; Place of Residence
Source:	International Journal of Multilingualism, v9 n4 p423-436 2012
More Info: Help Peer Reviewed:	Yes
Publisher:	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Publication Date:	2012-00-00
Pages:	14
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Abstract:	Trilingual families need language support if they wish to maintain three languages. Most studies on trilingualism have paid little attention to the influence of grandparents as an affective factor. The aim of this paper is to shed light on the impact of the extended family, particularly grandparents, on trilingual families' language maintenance. The content of this study has been informed by an analysis of 70 interviews of trilingual families with children residing in England and Germany. Grounded Theory (GT) was used for the data analysis. It was found that most parents whose native language (NL) repertoire included the community language (CL) "dropped" at least one of their home languages (HLs). This was partly related to the grandparents, who often lived in the same community. They tended to speak the highly regarded CL with their young grandchildren, rather than a minority language. In contrast, parents who did not speak the CL natively often used their HLs with their children in order to provide a means of communication between the children and their grandparents. Usually, they resided in a different country and did not speak the language of the community where their grandchildren lived. (Contains 11 tables.)
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Reference Count:	22

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Identifiers:	England; Germany
Record Type:	Journal
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ISSN:	ISSN-1479-0718
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Languages:	English
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Direct Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2012.714384

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