Publications

Publication details [#53746]

Starks, Donna and Sun Hee Ok Kim. 2010. The role of fathers in language maintenance and language attrition: the case of Korean-English late bilinguals in New Zealand. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 13 (3) : 285–301.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | family conversation | father | language loss | language maintenance

Language as a subject

English | Korean

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study explores the father's (and other family members') role in first language maintenance and second language acquisition and proficiency in a sample of 30 Korean-English late bilinguals who immigrated to New Zealand during their adolescence.