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Antonia Rubino - Trilingual Talk in Sicilian-Australian Migrant Families: Playing Out Identities Through Language Alternation - 9781137383679 - V9781137383679
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Trilingual Talk in Sicilian-Australian Migrant Families: Playing Out Identities Through Language Alternation

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Description for Trilingual Talk in Sicilian-Australian Migrant Families: Playing Out Identities Through Language Alternation Hardcover. This book explores the linguistic and cultural identities of Sicilians in Australia, through conversations gathered within the family, survey data and interviews. The study is placed in the context of the family migrant experience and the shifting attitudes towards immigrant languages in Australia. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
This book explores the linguistic and cultural identities of Sicilians in Australia, through conversations gathered within the family, survey data and interviews. The study is placed in the context of the family migrant experience and the shifting attitudes towards immigrant languages in Australia.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137383679
SKU
V9781137383679
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Antonia Rubino
Antonia Rubino is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her main research interests and publications are in multilingualism and contact linguistics, with a focus on changes occurring in the Italian language and dialects in the Australian context. She is editor of Using and Learning Italian in Australia and Lingua, identità e comunicazione ... Read more

Reviews for Trilingual Talk in Sicilian-Australian Migrant Families: Playing Out Identities Through Language Alternation
“Nina Rubino’s volume Trilingual Talk in Sicilian-Australian Migrant Families is thus a welcome addition detailing at an idiolect level the language practices that have accompanied such processes. … the volume can be considered a valuable contribution to the study of patterns of language use among Sicilian Australians and does suggest themes for further investigation that could perhaps lead to a ... Read more

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