The Metapragmatic Regimentation of Heritage Language Use in Hispanic Canadian Caregiver-Child Interactions

• Published in: International multilingual research journal Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 230 - 247
• Main Author: Guardado, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 01.09.2013
• Subjects: British Columbia (Vancouver); Caregiver Child Relationship; conversation analysis; Discourse Analysis; Ethnography; Foreign Countries; heritage language socialization and maintenance; Hispanic Americans; Language Maintenance; language management; language regulation; Language Usage; Learning Theories; Linguistic Theory; metapragmatics; Native Language; Pragmatics; Socialization; Spanish; Canada (Vancouver)

This article investigates the linguistic tools employed by Hispanic Canadian families in their language socialization efforts of fostering sustained heritage language (HL) use. The article is based on data collected during a 1½-year ethnography, and focuses on the metapragmatic devices used in daily...