Language Attrition Downunder : German Speakers in Australia
by
Margit Waas
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3631300867
ISBN-13
9783631300862
Publisher
Peter Lang GmbH
Imprint
Peter Lang GmbH
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 1st, 1996
Print length
212 Pages
Weight
282 grams
Dimensions
21.00 x 14.90 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
GermanSociolinguistics
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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.
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