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Publication details [#57591]

Barkhuizen, Gary. 2013. Maintenance, identity and social inclusion narratives of an Afrikaans speaker living in New Zealand. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2013 (222) : 77–100.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | language maintenance | language use | migration | social network

Language as a subject

Afrikaans | English, New Zealand

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper deals with a narrative study on language maintenance and linked identity experiences of an Afrikaans-speaking South African migrant residing in New Zealand since 2001. The migrant successfully maintained Afrikaans and attained social inclusion within his social networks, but the interplay between social inclusion and language maintenance and self-construction is dynamic and intricate in migrant contexts.