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" Cultural memory of language / "
Susan Samata
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BL
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644422
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Samata, Susan
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Cultural memory of language /\ Susan Samata
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| Series Statement
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Contemporary applied linguistics ;; volume 5
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ix, 187 pages ;; 24 cm
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9781472583734
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: 1472583736
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9781472583741
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9781472583758
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: defining and delimiting the question2. The research context3. The wider cultural context4. The methodological approach5. The interviews and their interpretation6. Conclusions: A complex but optimistic picture. BibliographyIndex
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""I can't even speak my own language," were the words overheard in a collage staffroom that triggered the writing of this book. Calling something 'my own' implies a personal, proprietorial relationship with it. But how can it be your own if you cannot speak it?The Cultural Memory of Language looks at unintended monolingualism - a lack of language fluency in a migratory cultural situation where two or more languages exist at 'home'. It explores family history and childhood language acquisition and attrition. What is the present everday experience of language use and life between two cultures? Examining interview data, Samata uncovers a sense of inauthenticity felt by people who do not fully share a parent's first language. Alongside this features a sense of concurrent anger, and a need to assign blame. Participation in the language, even to the extent of phatic or formulaic phraseology, occasions feelings of authentic linguistic and cultural inclusion. The book thus uncovers appreciable (and measurable) benefits in positive self-image and a sense of well-being. Looking at how people view language is essential - how they view the language they call their own is even more important and this book does just that in a qualified applied linguistic environment"--
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Psycholinguistics
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Memory
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Language attrition
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Sociolinguistics
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P37.5.M46S36 2014
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