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Bilingual patterns of an Arabic-English speech community
International journal of the sociology of language • 61 • Published In 1986 • Pages: 79-88
By: Shorrab, Ghazi.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper deals primarily with the developmental linguistic pattern of Arabic-English bililngual preschoolers and discusses the language use of their families and the parents' attitudes toward bilingualism (p. 79). The study was based on the investigation of 28 Arab immigrant families in Buffalo, New York, with a primary focus on 30 children who belonged to these families. Information was collected by means of taped interviews and the personal observations of the author over a period of two years.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Speech
- Ethnic stratification
- Ethnosociology
- Transmission of skills
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Arab Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Buffalo, New York, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ghazi Shorrab
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81645517
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans