O le Aso Ma le Filiga, O le Aso Mata’igatila. A qualitative study looking at Samoan language maintenance within second generation households

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O le Aso Ma le Filiga, O le Aso Mata’igatila. A qualitative study looking at Samoan language maintenance within second generation households

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Samoan language within Aotearoa New Zealand has been labelled as “at risk” of becoming an endangered language if language shift continues (Hunkin, 2012; Wilson, 2017). Language shift or language loss is defined as when a speech community gradually stops using one of its two languages in favour of the other, in this case English (Ravindrantha, 2009). The Samoan population is the largest community of the Pacific diaspora living in Aotearoa New Zealand. However, the use and maintenance of the Sa...

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08 Dec, 2021

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Paongo-Parsons, Leitumalo

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Samoan language / Samoan language maintenance / Second generation Samoans / School: School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies / 200320 Pacific Languages / 950306 Conserving Pacific Peoples Heritage / Degree Discipline: Applied Linguistics / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Arts / Pacific Languages

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