| Reference : Language Shift in Second Generation Albanian Immigrants in Greece |
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| Arts & humanities : Languages & linguistics | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/19726 | |||
| Language Shift in Second Generation Albanian Immigrants in Greece | |
| English | |
Gogonas, Nikolaos  [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS) >] | |
| 2009 | |
| Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development | |
| Multilingual Matters | |
| Yes (verified by ORBilu) | |
| 0143-4632 | |
| [en] immigrants ; language shift ; ethnolinguistic vitality | |
| [en] Albanian immigration to Greece started in the beginning of the 1990s and the
second generation of Albanian immigrants is a recent phenomenon. This paper presents the findings of research investigating language maintenance/shift among second generation Albanian immigrants in Athens using as main informants adolescents of Albanian origin. Quantitative and qualitative data on children’s language competence and on patterns of language use within Albanian households indicate that the Albanian ethnolinguistic group is undergoing rapid language shift. For the social psychological dimension of the study, data were gathered by utilising the concept of ethnolinguistic vitality and some items of the subjective vitality questionnaire (SVQ). The SVQ data indicate low vitality perceptions among second generation Albanian immigrants. Finally, while Albanian parents express positive attitudes to language maintenance, in practice many do not take the necessary measures for intergenerational language transmission. | |
| Researchers ; Professionals ; Students ; General public ; Others | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/19726 |
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