Transnationalism and language maintenance: Czech and Slovak as heritage languages in the Southeastern United States

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijsl.2016.2016.issue-238/ijsl-2015-0050/ijsl-2015-0050.xml" target="_blank" >https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijsl.2016.2016.issue-238/ijsl-2015-0050/ijsl-2015-0050.xml</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2015-0050" target="_blank" >10.1515/ijsl-2015-0050</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Transnationalism and language maintenance: Czech and Slovak as heritage languages in the Southeastern United States

Original language description

This qualitative study examines heritage language maintenance goals, motivation, and strategies in eleven Czech and Slovak immigrant families in the Southeastern United States. The goals of this article are threefold. First, this article outlines the changes in Czech and Slovak immigration patterns over time, documenting that while Czech immigrants used to settle mainly in Texas and the Midwest in the past, they generally opt for the East and West Coast today. Second, this article describes language practices of current Czech and Slovak immigrants in the Southeast and finds that the most successful factors of heritage language (HL) retention include: (a) expectations that children will need the language in the future; (b) consistent HL use by both parents; (c) annual lengthy trips overseas; and (d) parental ability to use additional strategies, such as involving grandparents or employing Slavic au pairs. Third, this article compares today's HL maintenance with the classical period of immigration. In the past, Czech and Slovak children in the United States learned and used their native languages within ethnic communities. Today, the necessity to learn and use Czech or Slovak in the context of the United States has largely disappeared. Instead, it is the transnational context that is vital for HL retention.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AM - Pedagogy and education

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

ISSN

0165-2516

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

Neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

238

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

23

Pages from-to

169-191

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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