ISBN:
9780190084325
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.440869120994
Keywords:
Immigrants Languages
;
English language Acquisition
;
Immigrants Language
;
Sociolinguistics
;
Immigrants Cultural assimilation
;
Immigrants Social conditions
;
Second language acquisition
;
Language
;
Society & culture: general
Abstract:
'Life in a New Language' examines the language learning and settlement experiences of 130 migrants to Australia from 34 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America over a period of 20 years. Reusing data shared from six separate sociolinguistic ethnographies, the book illuminates participants' lived experience of learning and communicating in a new language, finding work, and doing family. Additionally, participants' experiences with racism and identity making in a new context are explored. The research uncovers significant hardship but also migrants' courage and resilience. The book has implications for language service provision, migration policy, open science, and social justice movements.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 27, 2024)
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780190084288.001.0001
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