Our next program is entitled: New Insights on Bilingualism
Our presenter is Dr. Krisztina Fehér, PhD
The program will be in English.
Krisztina Fehér is an assistant professor at the Department of Hungarian Linguistics, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Her research interests are child language, bilingualism and bidialectism. She has published numerous journal articles in the fields of socio- and psycholinguistics. She earned her Ph.D. in 2012 in Hungarian Linguistics. She is the author of three recent books on linguistic methodology (2016), the phonology of child language (2017), and cognitive grammar (2018). She currently teaches at Cleveland State University.
We invite you to join us in person at the Museum at 2 o’clock on Saturday, April 9th, or virtually by registering ahead of time on Zoom. For those of you who will join us on Zoom, after registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Register in advance for this meeting: Zoom RSVP .
For those of you who will join us in person, remember, you will have the chance to meet and chat with our presenter after the program, and as always, refreshments will be served!
Many of us grew up in homes where Hungarian was spoken almost exclusively, and because of that we are bilingual. In some instances our parents, grandparents or other members on our family tree may have had similar experiences. Children who have parents of different nationalities can experience the world of multilingualism. What a rich world that can be! The next question that comes to mind is, how many generations can continue to be bilingual? In order to gain insights into what factors play a role in language maintenance in a diaspora, it is crucial to investigate heritage language transmission during first language acquisition. Previous linguistic research has focused on adults in American Hungarian communities, while less attention has been paid to parent-child communication in the Hungarian diaspora in the U.S. A study by Dr. Fehér attempts to fill this research gap. She surveyed parents of children of Hungarian heritage (ages 3-18). All research participants reside in the U.S. and no knowledge of Hungarian was required to complete the survey. The bilingual survey mainly includes both open ended and multiple-choice questions to identify potential factors behind heritage language maintenance. The study also identifies the American variety of Hungarian used by Hungarian-speaking parents and their children.
For those of you who will join us in person, remember, you will have the chance to meet and chat with our presenter after the program, and as always, refreshments will be served!
Parking will be available for $5 in the Galleria Parking garage. Suggested donation: $10 for adults and $5 for students.
A viszontlátásra!!!! See you soon!!
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