The transmission of Spanish as a heritage language in Australia

IF 0.9 Q2 LINGUISTICS

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI:10.1075/aral.23039.her

Milena Adriana Hernández Gallego, Anna Doquin de Saint-Preux

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Abstract

Although the terms ‘heritage speakers’ and ‘heritage languages’ are relatively new, the phenomena themselves date back to the beginning of migration. In many situations heritage languages do not survive these changes, but in others they are maintained successfully. This research explores the individual factors that promote the maintenance of Spanish as a heritage language in Australia. To achieve this, we preselected the most relevant individual factors found in the literature, that were then included in a questionnaire that reflected the research questions of this study and was distributed online. Participants in this study were 27 adult Australian heritage speakers who were either born in Australia or have lived in Australia since childhood. The results suggest / indicate that the preselected individual factors: the feeling of identification with the heritage language, the motivation to speak the heritage language, and the prestige that is given to Spanish by both the parents and the heritage speakers correlate statistically with the maintenance of Spanish as a heritage language.

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西班牙语作为遗产语言在澳大利亚的传承

尽管 "讲遗产语言的人 "和 "遗产语言 "这两个词相对较新，但这些现象本身却可以追溯到迁徙之初。在许多情况下，遗产语言无法在这些变化中存活下来，但在另一些情况下，它们却能成功地保留下来。本研究探讨了促进西班牙语作为遗产语言在澳大利亚得以保留的个别因素。为此，我们在文献中预先选择了最相关的个人因素，然后将其纳入反映本研究问题的调查问卷中，并在网上分发。本研究的参与者是 27 位成年的讲澳大利亚传统语言的人，他们要么出生在澳大利亚，要么从小就生活在澳大利亚。研究结果表明，预选的个人因素：对遗产语言的认同感、讲遗产语言的动机以及父母和讲遗产语言的人对西班牙语的评价，在统计学上与西班牙语作为遗产语言的保持相关。

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Australian Review of Applied Linguistics LINGUISTICS-

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期刊介绍： The Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL) is the preeminent journal of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA). ARAL is a peer reviewed journal that promotes scholarly discussion and contemporary understandings of language-related matters with a view to impacting on real-world problems and debates. The journal publishes empirical and theoretical research on language/s in educational, professional, institutional and community settings. ARAL welcomes national and international submissions presenting research related to any of the major sub-disciplines of Applied Linguistics as well as transdisciplinary studies. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: · Analysis of discourse and interaction · Assessment and evaluation · Bi/multilingualism and bi/multilingual education · Corpus linguistics · Cognitive linguistics · Language, culture and identity · Language maintenance and revitalization · Language planning and policy · Language teaching and learning, including specific languages and TESOL · Pragmatics · Research design and methodology · Second language acquisition · Sociolinguistics · Language and technology · Translating and interpreting.