Language use in interlingual families

Do different languages make a difference

Bibliographic Data

ID4178696
AuthorsMasayo Yamamoto (0000-0003-2001-199X), Yamamoto Masayo (corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume2008
Issue189
Publication date2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ijsl.2008.006
OpenAlexW2100319626
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

The present study investigates how languages are used in interlingual families, where two or more languages are involved. In analyzing data collected from two different groups of interlingual families, Japanese-Filipino (J-Fi) and Japanese-English (J-E) families, some intriguing group differences are found: the J-Fi families use the societal language much more than the J-E families do; and the J-Fi families employ, either exclusively or complementarily, one or more languages not native to either of the parents (Lα), while none of the J-E families do. The analysis also found a significant group difference in assessing the general Japanese perception of bilingualism in their own native languages and in their bilingual child rearing. In line with the author's previous findings, the present findings suggest that how languages are used in interlingual families could be language sensitive, interrelating with the perceived prestige and possible merits of proficiency in a given language

Linguistics · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Perception · Prestige · Significant difference · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Gender Studies in Language · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology

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