Global Visions: Reo, Ahurea Research Seminar – 4pm 11 October Elsie Locke 104A | Zoom ID: 952 5802 9547
Exploring the complexities of Chinese heritage language intergenerational transmission: A study of linguistically mixed families in New Zealand, Nancy Chu (GCLS)
Research indicates that a language shift from the native language of immigrant families to the dominant language of the host country tends to occur within three generations unless special efforts are made. But what happens to families where both parents are from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds? Does the language shift occur at an even faster rate? This study investigates the lived realities of intergenerational transmission of Chinese heritage language, focusing on family language policies in linguistically mixed Chinese and non-Chinese families in New Zealand.
Do guests have the right to be inhospitable? Julia Tan, MA candidate in French
A crucial aspect in Jacques Derrida’s conceptualisation of hospitality is his equation of hospitality to ethics. Understood as being ethical, hospitality is the way in which a person relates to difference, shaped by their own convictions about themselves. Considering this interpretation in relation to the practice of hospitality, which cannot occur without the hosts’ sovereignty over their home, this thesis endeavours to explore the implications of the conflation of hospitality and immigration within public discourse for those who are seen as guests in France.
