Household perspectives on minority language maintenance and loss : language in the small spaces /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Velázquez, Isabel (María Isabel), 1969- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2019]
Series:Bilingual education and bilingualism.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: language planning in intimate household settings
  • Carina: my children here and my children over there: language maintenance and loss in low vitality settings
  • Magdalena: we speak Spanish so they won't forget: Latino language experience in the U.S. Midwest
  • Teresa: I don't work: language in the small spaces: description of this project
  • Josefina: you do what you can: household language practices and parental strategies for maintenance
  • Juana: she reads in English but we talk to her in Spanish: mother & children's attitudes & motivations to use Spanish
  • Carmen: Víctor, please, te dije que te estuvieras quieto: mothers & children: reported proficiency
  • Elena: I'm trying to teach them more words: children: observed skills in Spanish
  • Rosario: between making rent and paying the gas bill: analysis of children?s story-telling task in Spanish and English
  • Gabriela: almost there: towards a theoretical model of language maintenance in low vitality settings
  • Julia: but they tell me that I don't speak Spanish.