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The English and Vietnamese of Vietnamese Immigrants in the US /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The English and Vietnamese of Vietnamese Immigrants in the US // Thanh Nguyen.
Author:	Nguyen, Thanh,
Description:	1 electronic resource (276 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-06, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International86-06A.
Subject:	Linguistics. -
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ISBN:	9798346762966

The English and Vietnamese of Vietnamese Immigrants in the US /
Nguyen, Thanh,

The English and Vietnamese of Vietnamese Immigrants in the US /Thanh Nguyen. - 1 electronic resource (276 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-06, Section: A.

This study focuses on the Vietnamese community in Texas, aiming to explore the characteristics of English and Vietnamese languages among Vietnamese Americans in the United States when the two languages are in contact. The research investigates cross-linguistic interactions, particularly in vowel production and question formation, with a focus on generational differences within the community. The findings contribute to our understanding of language contact outcomes in immigrant diasporic communities, shedding light on linguistic and social factors influencing language varieties. The study's insights can enhance cultural understanding and integration efforts for Vietnamese immigrants in the U.S.The study conducted within the Vietnamese community in Texas reveals positive indicators for the future maintenance of the Vietnamese heritage language (HL) within the community. While there are variations in perspectives across generations due to different social and linguistic exposures, the overall attitude within this Vietnamese American community is optimistic about using and preserving the Vietnamese HL in the U.S. Participants express pride in speaking the language and a strong desire to maintain it in their host country. Key factors identified for HL maintenance include its role as a communicative tool, facilitating connections with older generations in the family and community, and its identity value.Effective HL maintenance strategies identified in the study involve speaking the heritage language at home and enrolling children in HL classes. Cross-linguistic interactions were found to impact oral language production, with differences between the first language (L1) and second language (L2) and language proficiency being significant driving factors. While participants tended to select standard question structures in both English and Vietnamese when assessing different sets of structures, spontaneous speech revealed a tendency to use more non-standard features than perceived.The study also presents characteristics of English and Vietnamese questions among Vietnamese Americans across generations. In English, first-generation speakers commonly exhibited non-standard features such as Subject- Auxiliary inversion, verb conjugation issues, and plural noun problems. Vietnamese questions by Vietnamese Americans often involved non-standard features related to verb conjugation, interrogative words/phrases, and word choice, with second-generation speakers facing challenges in using copula verbs and interrogative word placement.Additionally, the study explored the production of two English vowel sounds (/ɪ/ and /ae/) and two Vietnamese vowel sounds (/ɯ/ and /ɤ/) among three generation groups within the Texas-based Vietnamese American community. The G1 group's English sound /ɪ/ is pronounced at a higher position, drifting up towards /i/ while the G2 groups' /ɪ/ is pronounced with a lower height and a bit further back, drifting towards /e/. The English /ae/ sound by all three groups is produced with a higher and a little more backed position compared to an average American /ae/ sound, moving to /ɛ/ sound. For the Vietnamese sounds /ɯ/ and /ɤ/, all the participants in three groups pronounce these sounds with a lower position and a bit further back in the mouth compared to the reference sounds. The /ɯ/ sound drifts backwards to the Vietnamese /u/ sound, and /ɤ/ is lowered and slightly drifts back to /ɔ/.The study provides valuable insights into the positive outlook for Vietnamese heritage language maintenance in the Texas community, shedding light on linguistic characteristics, HL maintenance strategies, and the impact of cross-linguistic interactions across generations. Further research is recommended to delve deeper into the development of effective strategies that help enhance HL maintenance among the young generations.The latter part emphasizes implications for ESL/EFL teachers and Vietnamese heritage language maintainers, underlining the importance of recognizing language varieties for fostering tolerance and facilitating integration. The study concludes with future directions, emphasizing the need for broader participant representation and a more comprehensive exploration of linguistic elements for a nuanced understanding of cross-linguistic influence between English and Vietnamese.

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