Language Attrition Downunder. German Speakers in Australia

Par : Margit Waas

Formats :

    • 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.
    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.