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Long-term contact between Hindi and Marathi in Nagpur, India has led to extensive transfer of linguistic features in both directions (Hindi to Marathi and Marathi to Hindi), leading to the formation of two contact varieties, Nagpuri Hindi and Nagpuri Marathi. This thesis investi…

In language contact situations parents who grew up acquiring their ancestral language (AL) often have to make choices about the fate of AL transmission by negotiating resources and beliefs about what is best for their children's future. Their language practices contribute to AL …

The purpose of this study was to more fully understand the language and literacy goals and values of a linguistically diverse Southern Sudanese refugee population residing in the Upper Midwest portion of the United States. The linguistic and cultural demographics of the area's m…

Public schools rarely teach the languages spoken in New York City. Thus, many ethnolinguistic communities have to rely on ethnic mother tongue schools. Research on these schools is limited despite their importance in shaping the identities of children from different ethnic backg…

This research explores the socially embedded experiences of four adults who migrated in childhood and maintain their mother tongue while acquiring and appropriating a second language and way of being in the world. The participants in this inquiry, from Somalia, Peru, Hong Kong a…

This study examines the state of the maintenance of Persian language among Iranians in the United States. This study is important for two reasons. First, this study is the first in its kind to examine the data from secondary sources such as U.S. Census data, Homeland Security, a…

This study explored the language practices and attitudes towards Arabic of Arab American parents (N=94) and examined associations between perceived racism and language practices and attitudes. Self-identified Arab American parents with at least one child between the ages of 5 an…

The rapid growth of the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) students in public schools of the United States has been steady in the past decades. Issues concerning CLD students such as their school failures, high dropout rates, the limited English proficiency, family pove…

The problem. The Afghan language is a transmitter of the Afghan culture. Therefore, the loss Of the Afghan language equals the loss of the Afghan culture. During my voluntary service in a mosque with Afghan children, I learned that the children were thinking in English and even …