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Subject(s)

• Language and emotions—Germany [Browse]
• East Asians—Language—Social aspects—Germany [Browse]
• Immigrants—Language—Social aspects—Germany [Browse]
• Well-being—Germany [Browse]

Series

• Transnationalism. Routledge research in transnationalism [More in this series]
• Routledge research in transnationalism

Summary note

"This book examines the correlations between language behaviour and happiness amongst communities of migrants, and addresses the over-arching question of whether language can affect wellbeing. Zi Wang takes an innovative look at migration and wellbeing by examining the crucial role language - a quintessential part of the international migration experience - plays in migrants' wellbeing. Drawing on case studies from Chinese and Japanese-speaking communities in Germany, as well as secondary survey data on the general migrant population, Wang shows that proficiency in both host country and heritage languages is associated with robust enhancements of migrants' subjective wellbeing. He argues that acquisition of host country language and the preservation and promotion of heritage culture should not be portrayed as a zero-sum game by stakeholders in host societies. Instead, we ought to consider the unique experiences of migrants in order to fully comprehend the ways in which they experience, evaluate, and pursue happiness in a host society. Presenting a novel approach to the study of migrants' wellbeing, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of area studies, education, international migration, sociology of language, and wellbeing research"-- Provided by publisher

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Source of description

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 13, 2022).

Contents

• Language and migrants' wellbeing : an overview
• Language, nation states, and minorities
• Migration-induced diversity and a framework to study language and wellbeing of migrants
• Europe's top migrant destination and two dynamic East Asian communities
• Effects of host country language skills on migrants' wellbeing
• Effects of heritage language skills on migrants' wellbeing
• Heritage language maintenance in educational contexts : the role of community-based heritage educational organisations
• Language ideologies in current policies : issues and benefits of mainstreaming migrant multilingualism
• Epilogue: Migration and wellbeing from the language perspective.

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ISBN

• 9781003025863 ((electronic book))
• 1003025862 ((electronic book))
• 9781000551549 ((electronic book))
• 1000551547 ((electronic book))
• 100055158X ((electronic book))
• 9781000551587 ((electronic bk.))

LCCN

2021047172

OCLC

1273728099

Doi

• 10.4324/9781003025863

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