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“There’s a Bit of Give and Take Each Way”: Challenges of Linguistic Difference

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In this chapter, the author provides an emic perspective on the use of languages other than English (LOTEs) in the lives of English speaking background (ESB) Australians in a linguistic intermarriage with a migrant partner. Drawing on data from three couples, this chapter then examines the intersection of language proficiency with career trajectories and care responsibilities for migrant partners. By considering how the ESB couple member aligns with or rejects discourses of exclusion, the author shows that language difference interacts with gender, identity and race to mediate engagement with migrant partners’ language challenges.

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Irving Torsh, H. (2020). “There’s a Bit of Give and Take Each Way”: Challenges of Linguistic Difference. In: Linguistic Intermarriage in Australia. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27512-9_4

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