Article: Religious identity and ethnic language: correlations between shifting Chinese Canadian religious affiliation and mother tongue retention, 1931-1961.

ABSTRACT/RESUME

A number of sociological studies suggest non-English speaking immigrants who identify with their ethnic churches often have a higher rate of mother tongue retention than those who convert to mainstream Canadian Protestant churches such as the Anglican or United Church. Other studies in mother tongue retention find a decline in competence from first-to third-generation Canadian minorities, and that the intergenerational decline is fairly rapid among those who affiliate with major Canadian Protestant churches. Recognizing that religious affiliation plays an important role in retention, this paper will examine the relationship between changes in ...

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