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dc.contributor.authorNatolo, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorPoyatos Matas, Cristina Florencia
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:50:09Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:50:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn2327008X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/63791
dc.description.abstractAbstract: The Spanish language, like numerous other languages is exposed and comes into contact with many other languages. This paper presents an exploratory qualitative and quantitative study documenting the linguistic analysis of the use of Spanish and English of 50 Hispanic-Australians in Australia. It examines the field of Spanish and English language contact, and the Spanish-English bilingual speech practices of both native and heritage Spanish speakers in Australia, devoting attention to the phenomena of language contact and interaction, especially salient in code-switching. This study's survey and interview data proffers several outcomes in the linguistic contact in the speech practices of Hispanic-Australian speakers. More specifically, rather than compensating for linguistic deficiency, informants interact in a bilingual mode utilizing a variety of bilingual speech practices. It reveals how several linguistic practices promote Spanish and English language contact, whilst at the same time presenting serious obstacles to the preservation of Spanish in an English dominant country such as Australia.
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dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCommon Ground Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
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dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto14
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMigrant Cultural Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLanguage in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode200208
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode200405
dc.titleSpanish speakers in Australia: Exploring the motivation behind language contact
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Languages and Linguistics
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gro.griffith.authorPoyatos Matas, Cristina Florencia F.
gro.griffith.authorNatolo, Stephanie C.


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