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ERIC Number: EJ483568
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0802-6106
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Immigrant Women and Language Maintenance in Australia and New Zealand.
Holmes, Janet
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, v3 n2 p159-79 1993
Among both first- and second-generation immigrant groups in New Zealand and Australia, women maintain the ethnic language (EL) longer than men. Compared with men's networks, women's networks encourage more extensive use of EL in social interactions, and women value the social and affective functions expressed by EL. (Contains 71 references. (Author)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Language Maintenance, Language Patterns, Language Role, Language Usage, Sex Differences, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; New Zealand
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