Then and now language, ethnolinguistic vitality, and the Finns of Lake Worth and Lantana, Florida

This study centers on the adult children of Finnish immigrants to Florida, specifically the Lake Worth and Lantana areas of South Florida, looking retrospectively at their language development in Finnish and English, as well as at their current state of language development and preference. Using inf...

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Main Author: Ontermaa, Marie
Other Authors: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kieli- ja viestintätieteiden laitos, Department of Language and Communication Studies, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/64795
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title Then and now : language, ethnolinguistic vitality, and the Finns of Lake Worth and Lantana, Florida
title_full Then and now : language, ethnolinguistic vitality, and the Finns of Lake Worth and Lantana, Florida
title_fullStr Then and now : language, ethnolinguistic vitality, and the Finns of Lake Worth and Lantana, Florida Then and now : language, ethnolinguistic vitality, and the Finns of Lake Worth and Lantana, Florida
title_full_unstemmed Then and now : language, ethnolinguistic vitality, and the Finns of Lake Worth and Lantana, Florida Then and now : language, ethnolinguistic vitality, and the Finns of Lake Worth and Lantana, Florida
title_short Then and now
title_sort then and now language ethnolinguistic vitality and the finns of lake worth and lantana florida
title_sub language, ethnolinguistic vitality, and the Finns of Lake Worth and Lantana, Florida
title_txtP Then and now : language, ethnolinguistic vitality, and the Finns of Lake Worth and Lantana, Florida
topic language transmission language maintenance family language policy ethnolinguistic vitality Finland Florida immigration second-generation immigrants heritage language Kulttuurienvälinen viestintä Master's Degree Programme in Intercultural Communication 3134 maahanmuuttajat maahanmuutto kielipolitiikka perheet migrants migration (demography) language policy families
topic_facet 3134 Finland Florida Kulttuurienvälinen viestintä Master's Degree Programme in Intercultural Communication ethnolinguistic vitality families family language policy heritage language immigration kielipolitiikka language maintenance language policy language transmission maahanmuuttajat maahanmuutto migrants migration (demography) perheet second-generation immigrants
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