Shift Happens, but When? The Timing of Language Shift in Immigrant Generations

This study provides an antidote to the assumption in prior research that the process of language shift is entirely the outcome of mother-tongue shift, an intergenerational process. It is not a simple matter of mother-tongue shift, nor is it a process experienced in the same way by all immigrant groups. The maintenance of a non-English language across generations requires that the language be passed from parents to children, but while some children continue to use their parent's non-English mother tongue over their lifetime, other children grow to prefer and use only English.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Ortman, Jennifer M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stevens, Gillian

• Hispanic American Studies

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3347492

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86230