Mexican-American children who have lost their Spanish language and culture: Exploring their relationship with their Mexican, Spanish-speaking grandmothers

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dc.contributor.advisorAlanís, Iliana
dc.contributor.authorOzel, Ozge
dc.contributor.committeeMemberAnderson, Maria
dc.contributor.committeeMemberThornton, Jenifer
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T19:31:14Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T19:31:14Z
dc.date.issued2013
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dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to examine the communication issues and loss of cultural capital that monolingual English-speaking Mexican-American children face in order to communicate with their monolingual Spanish-speaking Mexican grandmothers due to language loss. This study depicts 20 first generation monolingual Spanish-speaking Mexican grandmothers' perceptions and reflections of language and cultural loss for their third generation monolingual English-speaking grandchildren. Interview questions focused on grandmothers' attitudes, beliefs, and thoughts related to language and cultural loss and the implications of such on the inter-generational relationship. Results indicate that grandmothers are concerned about cultural and language loss which have started with their children and are increasing with new generations, and their impacts on relationships between grandmothers and grandchildren because they think that their relationships with their grandchildren are inevitably affected by language barrier and this unfortunately influence cultural and language loss throughout generations.
dc.description.departmentInterdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
dc.format.extent67 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn9781303392276
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/5004
dc.languageen
dc.subjectchildren development
dc.subjectcultural loss
dc.subjectGrandmothers
dc.subjectlanguage loss
dc.subjectMexican
dc.subjectrelationships
dc.subject.classificationMulticultural Education
dc.subject.classificationLanguage
dc.subject.classificationEarly childhood education
dc.titleMexican-American children who have lost their Spanish language and culture: Exploring their relationship with their Mexican, Spanish-speaking grandmothers
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thesis.degree.departmentInterdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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