A Sociolingustic and social psychological study of Korean communities in New Zealand : language maintenance and second language learning

Abstract

Thesis(doctoral)-- Victoria University of Wellington: Linguistics, 2000 This thesis focuses on the Korean community in New Zealand and its distinctive sociolinguistic characteristics and processes of adaptation. It investigates the Korean community in terms of language maintenance and shift and second language learning from sociolinguistic and social psychological perspectives. A total of 221 primary school children and their parents plus secondary and tertiary students were surveyed using three versions of a wide-ranging sociolinguistic questionnaire. The general trend of language maintenance in the Korean community was far stronger than other recent migrant groups.