The Author : Margit Waas received her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Macquarie University, Sydney. She has taught German, English and Applied Linguistics at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, and is currently Professor of English language and linguistics at Universidad Europea de Madrid.
Language Attrition Downunder. German Speakers in Australia
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- Nombre de pages212
- ISBN3-631-30086-7
- EAN9783631300862
- Date de parution01/11/1996
- CollectionStudien zur Allgemeinen und Ro
- ÉditeurPeter Lang
Résumé
Language Attrition Downunder investigates the loss of a first language in a second language environment. In the first large-scale study on German speakers in Sydney, Australia, permanent residents and naturalised citizens who arrived as adults were interviewed. The survey establishes that after an immigration and assimilation period of ten to twenty years, the speakers' first language was markedly impaired.
In particular, pragmatic aspects of onomatopoeia, reflex responses and repartee had attrited in the first language.
In particular, pragmatic aspects of onomatopoeia, reflex responses and repartee had attrited in the first language.