LANGUAGE AND THE 2ND GENERATION - BILINGUALISM YESTERDAY AND TODAY
LANGUAGE AND THE 2ND GENERATION - BILINGUALISM YESTERDAY AND TODAY
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DOI：
10.2307/2547152
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发表时间：
1994-12-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
SCHAUFFLER, R
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作者：
PORTES, A;SCHAUFFLER, R
第二代儿童的语言适应是在美国语言吸收和双语历史的背景下进行探讨的。强大的本土主义者对单语的压力通常导致移民语言在两三代人中灭绝。当代对失去英语主导地位的担忧是基于近几十年来的快速移民和全国几个城市出现的语言飞地。本文探讨了语言过渡的程度和移民语言的弹性的基础上，从南佛罗里达，当代移民影响最严重的地区之一的数据。从该地区2,843名移民子女的样本中得出的结果表明：1）英语知识几乎是普遍的; 2）对英语的偏好几乎一样高，即使在移民赞助的双语学校接受教育的儿童中也是如此; 3）父母语言的保留与美国的居住时间和居住地点远离种族集中地区成反比。关于双语的其他决定因素的假设是在一个多变量的框架。双语教育程度和教育和职业抱负的关系也进行了探讨。
The language adaptation of second generation children is explored in the context of the history of linguistic absorption and bilingualism in America. Strong nativist pressures toward monolingualism have commonly led to the extinction of immigrant languages in two or three generations. Contemporary fears of loss of English dominance are based on rapid immigration during recent decades and the emergence of linguistic enclaves in several cities around the country. This article explores the extent of language transition and the resilience of immigrant languages on the basis of data from south Florida, one of the areas most heavily affected by contemporary immigration. Results from a sample of 2,843 children of immigrants in the area indicate that: 1) knowledge of English is near universal; 2) preference for English is almost as high, even among children educated in immigrant-sponsored bilingual schools; 3) preservation of parental languages varies inversely with length of U.S. residence and residential locations away from areas of ethnic concentration. Hypotheses about other determinants of bilingualism are examined in a multivariate framework. The relationships of bilingualism to educational attainment and educational and occupational aspirations are also explored.