Linguistic and cultural acquisition in a migrant community

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Linguistic and cultural acquisition in a migrant community

edited by David Singleton, Vera Regan and Ewelina Debaene

(Second language acquisition / series editor, David Singleton)

Multilingual Matters, c2013

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Description

This book provides a linguistic and cultural profile of the Polish diasporic communities in three different European countries: Ireland, France and Austria. The eight contributing chapters present original research on the acquisition and use of the languages of the respective host communities and also explore related elements of cultural acquisition. A number of aspects of second language acquisition are considered, notably the acquisition of phonology, lexicon and discourse, as well as aspects of sociolinguistic competence. In addition, varying approaches and research methods are reported on, each of which was chosen in consideration of the particular research issue addressed and the particular circumstances under which the research was carried out. These range from psycholinguistic approaches to second language acquisition to variationist approaches, and include both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

Table of Contents

D. Singleton & V. Regan: Introduction E. Debaene: Emigration Versus Mobility: The Case of the Polish Community in France and Ireland V. Regan: The Bookseller and the Basketball player: Tales from the French Polonia N. Nestor: The Positional Distribution of Discourse Like - A Case Study of Young Poles in Ireland B. Bidzinska: The Polish Diaspora in Austria: Identity, Integrations and Attitudes Towards Native Language and Culture E. Debaene & J. Harris: Divergence, Convergence and Passing for a Native Speaker: Variations in Use of English by Polish Migrants in Ireland. A. Skrzypek: The Direction of Causality in the Relationship Between Phonological Short-term Memory and L2 Lexical Knowledge: The Case of Adult Polish Learners of English in Ireland. R. Kopeckova: Segmental Acquisition in Polish Child and Adult Learners in Ireland P. Walsh & D.Singleton: Variation in English Lexical Acquisition Among Polish Migrant Children in Ireland

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  • NCID
    BB13221047
  • ISBN
    • 9781847699893
  • LCCN
    2013011820
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Bristol
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 182 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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