I am doing a research on artificial (non-native) bilingualism, i.e. when a child is brought up a foreign language in a monolingual family environment, providing the language taught is not a mother tongue of any of the parents.
I would like to apply a sociolinguistic model in my research, such as the model of horizontal and vertical multilingualism, the model of social networks, or the model of ethnolinguistic vitality. The problem is that within this kind of bilingualism, it is difficult to determine sociological variables such as the number of speakers, the territory where it is used, the institutional support and so on.
Is it possible to apply any of these sociolinguistic models to this type of bilingualism? What kind of approach would be appropriate to study artificial bilingualism?
The assimilation of a new code in artificial bilingualism involves the transformation of cognitive structures in the language consciousness and communicative behavior of the individual. In my opinion, it would be appropriate to use the psycholinguistic method-to establish and describe the nature of the transformations of cognitive structures in the language consciousness and communicative behavior of bilinguals
Thank you very much, Inga. Actually, I was thinking of applying sociolinguistic approach rather than psycholinguistic one. I somehow feel more "attracted" to sociolinguistics... But the psycholinguistic approach is definitely worth considering... Thank you!
I found a paper on 'Intercultural Communication: An Overview by Ingrid Piller, were she approaches 'social constructionist as the foundation in studies of identity. In this paper (Beyond ''Having a Culture'', page 7) a new term, TCK for children born to expatriates parent: ''Third Culture Kids'' (Tokuhama-Espinosa 2003)
Thank you very much, Manuel! The article is worth reading, indeed...It helped me a lot.
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