Voices of Immigration A Serial Narrative Ethnography of Language Shift
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Biografisk notat
Agnes Weiyun He is Professor of Applied Linguistics, and Founder and Director of the Center for Multilingual and Intercultural Communication at Stony Brook University. She currently serves as Secretary of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. A multilingual Guggenheim Fellow, she holds a lifelong passion for exploring the relationship between language and life.'Based on multifaceted ethnographic research on language socialization in Chinese American families and their communities, this book offers a very insightful, nuanced, and innovative portrayal of the development and production of heritage languages and identities as well as language shift.' Patricia A. Duff, University of British Columbia
'Drawing on lively, multi-generational, polyphonic storied lives, Agnes He's insightful, cutting-edge exploration of Chinese heritage language socialization and language shift details how both shape and are shaped through the complex interactions of persons, families, and societies across time and place.' Bambi B. Schieffelin, New York University