基本説明
Introduces the way languages are used in Japanese-English interlingual families in Japan and explains what factors influence their language choice, with the aim of arriving at a predictive model of language.
Full Description
This book introduces the way languages are used in Japanese-English interlingual families in Japan and explains what factors influence their language choice, with the aim of arriving at a predictive model of language use. It also proposes a taxonomy of interlingual family types and a typological model of language use.
Contents
Studies of bilingualism in interlingual families; studies in the sociolinguistic/sociocultural tradition, survey of interlingual families in the Japanese context; taxonomy of interlingual family types; terminological problems, four subcategories; objective and methods of the present study; objectives, methods; findings; data description, tabulation and description, research questions, follow-up interviews.