Memory speaks : on losing and reclaiming language and self
- Cambridge : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021
- 346 p. ; ill., 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
As immigrants and others are engulfed by dominant societies, the connection to their ancestral tongues is routinely severed. Julie Sedivy takes on the science and politics of language loss, offering lessons for the renewal and preservation of heritage languages, alongside her own moving story of language loss and accompanying personal crisis.
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Language attrition Second language acquisition Language revival Language and languages, Political aspects Psycholinguistics Academic performance Bicultural identity Demographic shifts Heritage language Identity coherence Multilingualism Nonstandard dialects Pedagogical practices Prestige languages Vocabulary learning Psycho linguistics Immigrants Linguistic assimilation