Publications

Publication details [#57593]

Suresh Canagarajah, A. 2013. Reconstructing heritage language: resolving dilemmas in language maintenance for Sri Lankan Tamil migrants. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2013 (222) : 131–155.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | language maintenance | language use | migration | social network

Language as a subject

English | Tamil

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper discusses how the hybrid and multilingual construction of heritage language and identity allows young Tamil refugees to zigzag between various languages and communities in migrant environments to settle mobility and identity dilemmas.