The transmission of Spanish as a heritage language in Australia: a preliminary retrospective overview of individual maintenance factors in adult speakers

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dc.contributor.authorHernández Gallego, Milena Adriana
dc.contributor.authorDoquin De Saint Preu, Anna
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dc.date.available2026-01-13T11:17:09Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-04
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dc.description.abstractAlthough the terms ‘heritage speakers’ and ‘heritage languages’ are relatively new, the phenomena themselves date back to the beginning of migration. In many situations heritage languages do not survive these changes, but in others they are maintained successfully. This research explores the individual factors that promote the maintenance of Spanish as a heritage language in Australia. To achieve this, we preselected the most relevant individual factors found in the literature, that were then included in a questionnaire that reflected the research questions of this study and was distributed online. Participants in this study were 27 adult Australian heritage speakers who were either born in Australia or have lived in Australia since childhood. The results suggest / indicate that the preselected individual factors: the feeling of identification with the heritage language, the motivation to speak the heritage language, and the prestige that is given to Spanish by both the parents and the heritage speakers correlate statistically with the maintenance of Spanish as a heritage language.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Didáctica de las Lenguas, Artes y Educación Física
dc.description.facultyFac. de Educación
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipComunidad de Madrid
dc.description.statuspub
dc.identifier.citationHernández Gallego, M. A., & Doquin de Saint-Preux, A. (2025). The transmission of Spanish as a heritage language in Australia: A preliminary retrospective overview of individual maintenance factors in adult speakers. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 48(2), 403-424. https://doi.org/10.1075/ARAL.23039.HER
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dc.journal.titleAustralian Review of Applied Linguistics
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dc.publisherJohn Benjamins
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dc.subject.keywordHeritage language
dc.subject.keywordHeritage speaker
dc.subject.keywordIndividual factors
dc.subject.keywordLanguage maintenance
dc.subject.keywordSociolinguistics
dc.subject.ucmCiencias Sociales
dc.subject.ucmEnseñanza de la lengua y la literatura
dc.subject.ucmLengua española
dc.subject.ucmLingüística
dc.subject.unesco57 Lingüística
dc.subject.unesco5802.04 Niveles y Temas de Educación
dc.subject.unesco5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
dc.subject.unesco5701 Lingüística Aplicada
dc.subject.unesco5701.03 Bilingüismo
dc.subject.unesco5705.10 Sociolingüística
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