ORCID Profile
0000-0003-1143-0041
Current Organisation
University of New South Wales
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Linguistics | Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics)
Ethnicity and multiculturalism | Migrant development and welfare |
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 07-2016
Abstract: This article reports findings of a sociolinguistic project which investigated language contact phenomena in the speech of first-generation Hungarian Australians living in Sydney. The research aimed to identify and analyze English lexical items borrowed into the spoken Hungarian of first-generation Hungarian–English bilinguals. This research had a mixed methods approach including a quantitative element (count of lexical manifestations by categories such as part of speech) and a qualitative element in which the various lexical manifestations have been subjected to a linguistic analysis. The Hungarian National Corpus was used as a reference guide to determine the status of these phenomena in the lexicon of Standard Hungarian. The data were collected through semi-structured sociolinguistic interviews with 22 Hungarian Australians living in Sydney. The findings demonstrate that (a) first-generation Hungarians are highly creative language users and integrate a large number of English lexical items into their speech. Most lexical borrowings belong to the derivational blends with the highest proportion of the nominal group. Lexical borrowings from English are morphologically integrated with Hungarian-derivational suffixes and inflectional case markings. This research provides original empirical data to better understand the various inter-language lexical manifestations in Hungarian–English bilingual contexts. The study adds to the relatively small body of research on Hungarian–English bilingualism in diasporic context and contributes to understanding lexical borrowing from a contact linguistic perspective.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-2011
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Date: 25-07-2012
Abstract: The use of the Afrikaans and English in South Africa is well documented in the literature, but little is known about the ideologies attached to these languages in diasporic contexts. In light of the large scale immigration of South Africans into English-speaking countries, this paper aims to explore the dynamics of identity formation of 17 Afrikaans-speaking South African families with respect to both Afrikaans and the South African English accent. Data from semi-structured interviews provide insights into how the two languages compete for space in this Australian English-speaking context. The findings point to links between home language policies, views towards the South African English accent, and identity construction. They also indicate the importance of considering the entire linguistic repertoire of communities, and the ersity of opinion within them.
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 21-12-2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 13-08-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-05-2006
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Date: 15-07-2019
Abstract: Some of the key challenges in teaching intercultural communication (IC) are to engage learners in activities which develop their critical intercultural awareness and to prepare them for communication in super erse ( Vertovec, 2007 ) contexts. This paper discusses linguistic landscapes (LL) as an innovative method for teaching intercultural competence. Undergraduate linguistics students conducted a LL project to explore linguistic ersity in their chosen suburb of Sydney and reflected on their own intercultural learning experience. Student reflections revealed that the project had a strong impact on their perceptions of ersity and their attitudes towards other languages and cultures. Students increased their critical awareness of how identity, ideology and attitudes influence language choices and intercultural interactions. The experiential learning project also made them reflect on their own identity as intercultural citizens. The findings of this study highlight the usefulness of the project in developing intercultural competence (ICC). The paper discusses methodological implications for teaching IC in the context of increasingly multilingual and multicultural learning communities.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-03-2023
Publisher: De Gruyter
Date: 22-06-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-05-2006
DOI: 10.2167/CILP099.0
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2010
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Date: 2012
Abstract: While most language-planning and policy (LPP) studies have focussed on language decisions made by government bodies, in recent years there has been an increased interest in micro-level language planning in immigrant contexts. Few studies, however, have used this framework to retrospectively examine the planning decisions of religious institutions, such as “ethnic” churches. This paper explores the language decisions made by the Lutheran church in Australia between 1838 and 1921. The study is based on archival research carried out in the Lutheran Archives in Adelaide, South Australia. The paper draws attention to the complex interrelationships between language, religion and identity in an immigrant context.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Date: 2011
Abstract: Changes in the political climate in the home country have resulted in the emigration of South Africans to English speaking countries such as Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Despite the scale of movement of the South African population, language maintenance in these diasporic contexts has received little consideration. This paper presents a description of an Australian Afrikaans-speaking community in the small Queensland city of Toowoomba. The study shows a high degree of bilingualism amongst the first generation Afrikaans community but also shows incipient signs of language shift within the home and a weak connection between language and identity.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 31-10-2023
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Date: 18-02-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-2009
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 2012
Abstract: This article discusses collective identification among Sudanese refugee-background residents in Australia. The discursive data is drawn from semi-structured interviews through which identity self-categorizations and self-labelling were explored. In addition, mini-narratives about their experiences of intergroup communication with mainstream Australians were analysed in depth. In these narratives, the main topic was the story of being confronted with the question ‘Where are you from?’. This article applies positioning theory to the narrative accounts and discusses how participants position themselves in the story world as well as in the interactional world. The findings demonstrate that Sudanese Australians have a strong ethnic self-concept and a strong desire to obtain an Australian identity. However, their stories reveal that they are positioned as outsiders by mainstream Australians.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2009
Start Date: 2007
End Date: 2008
Funder: Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, State of Queensland
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2006
End Date: 2008
Funder: Toowoomba Hospital Foundation
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2008
End Date: 12-2011
Amount: $187,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
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