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Trilingual Talk in Sicilian-Australian Migrant Families

Playing Out Identities Through Language Alternation

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  1. Antonia Rubino

    1. Department of Italian Studies, University of Sydney, Australia

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Antonia Rubino
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Context of Italian Migration

    • Antonia Rubino
    Pages 4-24

  4. From Bilingualism in Sicily to Trilingualism in Australia

    • Antonia Rubino
    Pages 25-73

  5. Approaches to Multilingual Talk

    • Antonia Rubino
    Pages 74-89

  6. Trilingual Talk in Family A

    • Antonia Rubino
    Pages 90-163

  7. Trilingual Talk in Family B

    • Antonia Rubino
    Pages 164-234

  8. From Qualitative to Quantitative Data: Language Choice in the Family

    • Antonia Rubino
    Pages 235-268

  9. Summary and Conclusions

    • Antonia Rubino
    Pages 269-276

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 277-312
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About this book

This book explores the linguistic and cultural identities of Sicilians in Australia, through conversations gathered within the family, survey data and interviews. The study is placed in the context of the family migrant experience and the shifting attitudes towards immigrant languages in Australia.

Reviews

“Nina Rubino’s volume Trilingual Talk in Sicilian-Australian Migrant Families is thus a welcome addition detailing at an idiolect level the language practices that have accompanied such processes. … the volume can be considered a valuable contribution to the study of patterns of language use among Sicilian Australians and does suggest themes for further investigation that could perhaps lead to a richer analysis of the topic.” (Gaetano Rando, Italian American Review, Vol. 6 (1), Winter, 2016)

“This book is a welcome addition to the literature on Australia’s multilingual communities … . This book succeeds in bringing the two together in a satisfying and scholarly account that will find an important place in on the shelves of all those interested in the dynamics of language alternations … and those who seek data on how family and friendship identities are played out in subtle and shifting deployment of the trilingual resources at their disposal.” (Elizabeth Ellis, Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 39 (3), 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Italian Studies, University of Sydney, Australia

    Antonia Rubino

About the author

Antonia Rubino is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her main research interests and publications are in multilingualism and contact linguistics, with a focus on changes occurring in the Italian language and dialects in the Australian context. She is editor of Using and Learning Italian in Australia and Lingua, identità e comunicazione in contesti anglofoni e italiani, and co-author of Emigrazione e comportamento linguistico: un'indagine sul trilinguismo dei siciliani e dei veneti in Australia.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Trilingual Talk in Sicilian-Australian Migrant Families

  • Book Subtitle: Playing Out Identities Through Language Alternation

  • Authors: Antonia Rubino

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137383686

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38367-9Published: 09 April 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48062-3Published: 01 January 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38368-6Published: 09 April 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 312

  • Topics: Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Migration, Comparative Linguistics, Historical Linguistics

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