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Direct linkDe Fina, Anna – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2012
In this paper I closely examine spontaneous interactions between members of a tri-generation Italian American family. I argue that members show different language preferences and differing attitudes towards the family's multilingual identity but that they all demonstrate a degree of "engagement" with the heritage language. Phenomena that…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Interaction, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism
