Changing discourses of Chinese language maintenance in Australia: unpacking language ideologies of first-generation Chinese immigrant parents from People's Republic of China.

ABSTRACT: Parental agency of their children's language learning is often determined by their perceptions of the significance of the language in both family and society levels. Based on a larger ethnography conducted in Sydney from 2017 to 2020, this study investigates the language ideologies of Chinese immigrant parents from the People's Republic of China in the recent decades, regarding the maintenance of their children's Chinese heritage language(s). Drawing on the concept of language as pride and profit shifting between communities across time and space, this study reveals that Chinese parents primarily emphasize the economic benefits associated with Chinese languages when it comes to preserving their heritage language(s). While the significance of cultural pride and identity remains evident, the

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10808597 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature