%0 Journal Article %1 RefWorks:332 %A Mills, Jean %D 2005 %J International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism %K & (Psychology); BILINGUALISM; BRITISH; CITIZENSHIP; ENGLISH IDENTITY LANGUAGE VERBAL ability; heritage/community identity language; languages; %N 4 %P 253-274 %T Connecting Communities: Identity, Language and Diaspora %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=17967358&site=ehost-live %V 8 %X This paper compares government and media views on citizenship, language and identity with the perspectives of a particular group of British citizens who are fluent speakers of English but retain an allegiance to their other languages. Firstly, it discusses recent official and newspaper reports in the UK relating to issues of citizenship and language. In these pronouncements English is cited as a crucial means of engagement with what is termed 'the wider community', whereas lack of English and use of a heritage language may be seen as preventing such engagement. The paper goes on to compare notions of community in these examples of authoritative discourse to the lived experience of a particular group of British citizens who are fluent speakers of English but who retain an allegiance to their other languages. These are a group of mothers of Pakistani heritage. It will be seen that in this group there is an alternative construction of community in that the heritage language represents community as being a crucial identifier and bond to the immediate and wider diasporic group. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR; Copyright of International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism is the property of Multilingual Matters and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts) %@ 13670050

@article{RefWorks:332, abstract = {This paper compares government and media views on citizenship, language and identity with the perspectives of a particular group of British citizens who are fluent speakers of English but retain an allegiance to their other languages. Firstly, it discusses recent official and newspaper reports in the UK relating to issues of citizenship and language. In these pronouncements English is cited as a crucial means of engagement with what is termed 'the wider community', whereas lack of English and use of a heritage language may be seen as preventing such engagement. The paper goes on to compare notions of community in these examples of authoritative discourse to the lived experience of a particular group of British citizens who are fluent speakers of English but who retain an allegiance to their other languages. These are a group of mothers of Pakistani heritage. It will be seen that in this group there is an alternative construction of community in that the heritage language represents community as being a crucial identifier and bond to the immediate and wider diasporic group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism is the property of Multilingual Matters and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts)}, added-at = {2008-12-27T17:34:46.000+0100}, author = {Mills, Jean}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c1972f329449c181067b06012bcdf43e/critzo}, description = {test export from refworks}, interhash = {9bd708c954066ca169917c497e8c0268}, intrahash = {c1972f329449c181067b06012bcdf43e}, isbn = {13670050}, journal = {International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism}, keywords = {& (Psychology); BILINGUALISM; BRITISH; CITIZENSHIP; ENGLISH IDENTITY LANGUAGE VERBAL ability; heritage/community identity language; languages;}, month = {07}, note = {M3: Article; Accession Number: 17967358; Mills, Jean 1; Email Address: j.mills.1@bham.ac.uk; Affiliation: 1: School of Education, University of Birmingham, UK; Source Info: 2005, Vol. 8 Issue 4, p253; Subject Term: CITIZENSHIP; Subject Term: BILINGUALISM; Subject Term: LANGUAGE & languages; Subject Term: IDENTITY (Psychology); Subject Term: VERBAL ability; Subject Term: BRITISH; Subject Term: ENGLISH language; Author-Supplied Keyword: bilingualism; Author-Supplied Keyword: citizenship; Author-Supplied Keyword: heritage/community language; Author-Supplied Keyword: identity; Number of Pages: 22p; Document Type: Article}, number = 4, pages = {253-274}, timestamp = {2008-12-27T17:34:57.000+0100}, title = {Connecting Communities: Identity, Language and Diaspora}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=17967358&site=ehost-live}, volume = 8, year = 2005 }