Mother's Social Network and Family Language Maintenance

Autor/in	Velazquez, Isabel
Titel	Mother's Social Network and Family Language Maintenance
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 34 (2013) 2, S.189-202 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2012.720984
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Socialization; Social Networks; Network Analysis; Language Maintenance; Mexican Americans; Spanish; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Gender Differences; Social Capital; Linguistic Competence; Multilingualism; Children; Role; Illinois; Nebraska; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Netzplantechnik; Sprachpflege; Hispanoamerikaner; Spanisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozialkapital; Sprachkompetenz; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Rollen
Abstract	This article reports the results of a social network analysis (SNA) performed on the mother's primary network of interaction in 15 Mexican American families in the city of El Paso, Texas, the neighbourhood of La Villita, in Chicago, and the city of Lincoln, Nebraska. The goal of this study was to examine potential opportunities for Spanish use by her children as well as sources of information and influence that might shape her views about the benefits and drawbacks of linguistic maintenance in her family. The network features of "primary language of exchange," "density," "strength of ties," "level of integration to local, regional and transnational networks" and "gender segregation" were examined. Results suggest that in these families Spanish transmission is influenced by mother's perception of benefit/cost, mother's participation in networks where Spanish is vested with social capital, and mother's linguistic competence. (Contains 1 table and 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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