03660nam 22007331 450 991097246740332120140722133955.097814725837411472583744978147423661414742366189781472583758147258375210.5040/9781474236614(CKB)3710000000373714(EBL)1986692(SSID)ssj0001437772(PQKBManifestationID)11832558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001437772(PQKBWorkID)11390848(PQKB)10915087(MiAaPQ)EBC1986692(OCoLC)904694266(UtOrBLW)bpp09259009(UtOrBLW)BP9781474236614BC(Perlego)807665(EXLCZ)99371000000037371420150504d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCultural memory of language /Susan SamataNew York :Bloomsbury Academic,2014.1 online resource (201 p.)Contemporary applied linguistics ;5Description based upon print version of record.9781474288064 1474288065 9781472583734 1472583736 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: defining and delimiting the question -- 2. The research context -- 3. The wider cultural context -- 4. The methodological approach -- 5. The interviews and their interpretation -- 6. Conclusions: A complex but optimistic picture -- Bibliography -- Index."'I can't even speak my own language,' were the words overheard in a collage staffroom that triggered the writing of this book. Calling something 'my own' implies a personal, proprietorial relationship with it. But how can it be your own if you cannot speak it? The Cultural Memory of Language looks at unintended monolingualism - a lack of language fluency in a migratory cultural situation where two or more languages exist at 'home'. It explores family history and childhood language acquisition and attrition. What is the present everday experience of language use and life between two cultures? Examining interview data, Samata uncovers a sense of inauthenticity felt by people who do not fully share a parent's first language. Alongside this features a sense of concurrent anger, and a need to assign blame. Participation in the language, even to the extent of phatic or formulaic phraseology, occasions feelings of authentic linguistic and cultural inclusion. The book thus uncovers appreciable (and measurable) benefits in positive self-image and a sense of well-being. Looking at how people view language is essential - how they view the language they call their own is even more important and this book does just that in a qualified applied linguistic environment."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Contemporary applied linguistics ;Volume 5.Language attritionMemoryPsycholinguisticsSociolinguisticslinguisticsLanguage attrition.Memory.Psycholinguistics.Sociolinguistics.401/.9LAN009000LAN009050bisacshSamata Susan1869864UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910972467403321Cultural memory of language4478112UNINA