Publications

Publication details [#56379]

De Fina, Anna. 2012. Family interaction and engagement with the heritage language: A case study. Multilingua 31 (4) : 349–379.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

age | family conversation | language attitude | multilingualism | native speaker

Language as a subject

English, American | Italian

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

Spontaneous talk between three generations of an Italo-American family reveals distinct language preferences and different attitudes towards the multilingual family identity, but also some kind of 'engagement' with the heritage language.