Linguistic intermarriage in Australia : between pride and shame / Hanna Irving Torsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torsh, Hanna Irving, author.

Series:

Palgrave pivot

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication--Australia.

Intercultural communication.

Intermarriage--Australia.

Intermarriage.

Australia.

Physical Description:

xix, 143 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

Summary:

This book examines the experiences of couples with different language backgrounds and different cultural origins as they negotiate love, partnership and parenting. It is based on the author's doctoral research into the attitudes and experiences of the English-speaking background (ESB) partners of non-English-speaking background (NESB) migrants in Sydney, Australia. In particular, it seeks to understand how these English speakers negotiate being in a romantic relationship with someone who has a different first language. It explores how those from an ESB reconcile the negative perspectives of Anglophone culture towards "other" languages, with their desire to be a good partner who respects the linguistic differences in their relationship. The book is organised into six chapters, which move from a focus on the language of the individual, to the languages of the couple, and then to the wider family. The main finding is that although ESB partners had very different beliefs and attitudes towards language learning to their migrant partners, they attempted to compensate for these differences in various ways. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars in the fields of language education, minority languages, and language policy and planning.

Contents:

Introduction: linguistic intermarriage in Australia

Intermarriage, migration and language: what we know

"I couldn't understand a word": the linguistic repertoires of the ESB partners

"There's a bit of give and take each way": challenges of linguistic difference

Unequal proficiencies, unequal expectations: the gendered nature of family language work

Navigating pride and shame in linguistic intermarriage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliograpchi.

ISBN:

3030275116

9783030275112

OCLC:

1107566695