Publications

Publication details [#51444]

Sachdev, Itesh and Ivan Brown. 2009. Bilingual behaviour, attitudes, identity and vitality: some data from Japanese speakers in London, UK. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 30 (4) : 327–343.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | identity negotiation | language attitude | language proficiency | language use

Language as a subject

English, British | Japanese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study examines bilingual Japanese-English behaviour patterns of Japanese nationals in London in relation to social psychological processes. The explored topics include language use, language proficiency, identity, language contact, language attitude, and language vitalities perception in both London and Japan.