Detailed information about the course
Title | Methodological approaches to synchronic and diachronic heritage language data |
Dates | 16-17 February 2018 |
Responsible | Anita Auer |
Organizer(s) | Prof. Anita Auer, Unil Dr Jennifer Thorburn (UNIL) Dr Adina Staicov (Unizh) |
Speakers | Prof. Naomi Nagy (University of Toronto, Canada) Dr. Adrian Leemann (Lancaster University, UK) Dr. Markus Schiegg (University of Erlangen, Germany) |
Description | Migration often leads to speakers of a specific mother tongue finding themselves in a situation, i.e. in a different country, where another language is dominant. As a result of this situation, the mother tongue, referred to as 'heritage language' (see Aalberse & Muysken 2013 for a discussion of the 'heritage language' definition; Polinsky & Kagan 2007), is likely to be affected one way or another. Factors that play a role here can be multiple and interrelated, e.g. what generation of heritage speaker are we dealing with, what were the reasons for leaving the home country and in what environment does the heritage speaker find themselves in the new country, what motivations are there for language learning and/or language maintenance, what role does the family and larger community play (cf. for instance to Valdés 2000; Carreira 2004; Polinsky & Kagan 2007; Potowski 2013). Since the so-called 'Age of Mass Migration' (c. 1850-1940) and ensuing globalization, many people have left their home countries in search of betterment and/or adventure, but have preserved their original identity in the form of their language, i.e. the heritage language. These languages can be traced in letters, diaries, newspapers, and early recordings for the past and in speech recordings today. |
Location |
Université de Lausanne |
Information | |
Places | 10 |
Deadline for registration | 13.02.2018 |