Agency and Ideology in Language Maintenance: Hungarian Immigrants' Narratives on Assimilationist Post-War Australia

Autor/in	Hatoss, Anikó
Titel	Agency and Ideology in Language Maintenance: Hungarian Immigrants' Narratives on Assimilationist Post-War Australia
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 17 (2020) 4, S.411-429 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2018.1504950
Schlagwörter	Hungarian; Language Maintenance; Immigrants; Acculturation; Personal Narratives; Second Language Learning; Language Attitudes; Monolingualism; Family Relationship; English (Second Language); Language Planning; Personal Autonomy; Language Usage; Foreign Countries; Stereotypes; Language Skill Attrition; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ungar; Ungarisch; Sprachpflege; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Akkulturation; Erlebniserzählung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachverhalten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachwechsel; Individuelle Autonomie; Sprachgebrauch; Ausland; Klischee; Sprachverfall; Australien
Abstract	This study explored stories of intergenerational language maintenance narrated by first- generation Hungarian immigrants in Australia. It sought an understanding of Hungarian immigrants' positioning "vis-à-vis" their language ecology during the assimilationist post-war era of Australia. The narratives reveal that some families accepted the monolingual norms of using English in public spaces and gave in to the pressures of homogenising schools. However, in some families, agency was deployed to resist these normalising monolingual ideologies. These families had stronger intergenerational language maintenance of Hungarian. The findings of this research contribute to our understanding of the interactions between external factors (such as policy), and the subjective factors such as the individuals' agency in managing language use in immigrant contexts. The study discusses the way ideologies were shaped and negotiated and highlights the benefits of using linguistic narratives to reveal variability within seemingly homogenous communities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01