03234cam a22003254a 4500 12484438 20050308181619.0 010727s2002 ne a b 001 0 eng 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 2 shelf copies policy default pc22 2001-07-27 to HLCD lg02 2001-07-31 lg02 2001-07-31 to le03 for subj. le03 2001-08-02 le02 2001-08-03 to Dewey aa15 2001-08-03 ps11 2002-04-25 bk rec'd, to CIP ver. yb40 2002-05-08 yb40 2002-05-08 to BCCD; rev. yb07 2002-05-09 ld11 2002-08-27 cp2 to BCCD 2001043201 1588111067 (alk. paper : U. S. : hc) 9027218471 (Eur.) DLC DLC DLC pcc e-uk--- P115.5.G7 O38 2002 420/.42956/0941 21 Okita, Toshie, Invisible work : bilingualism, language choice, and childrearing in intermarried families / Toshie Okita. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Benjamins Pub. Co., c2002. vi, 274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Impact, studies in language and society, 1385-7908 ; 12 Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-250) and index. Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Developing a conceptual framework -- 1. The family in context -- 2. Ethnicity, culture and ethnic minority families -- 3. Language, bilingualism and childrearing -- 4. Concluding comments -- 3. Research methods -- 1. Methodological Issues -- 2. Research Methods -- 3. Data Analysis -- 4. Validity and Generalisability -- 4. Japanese-British families in the UK: a survey -- 1. Japanese residents in the UK -- 2. The questionnaire -- 3. The respondents -- 4. Language use and decision making -- 5. Relations with 'Japan' -- 6. Open questions -- 7. Conclusions, and implications for the interviews -- 5. Initial language decision -- 1. Mothers -- 2. Fathers -- 3. Dynamics of decision making: the micro context -- 4. Socio-historical context of decision making: the macro context -- 6. Getting on: adaptations in language use -- 1. Establishing a language use pattern (age approx. 0-2 years) -- 2. Thinking about school (age approx. 3-4) -- 3. Beginning school (age approx. 4-6) -- 4. Changing needs (age approx. 9-11) -- 5. Swing-over (English to Japanese) -- 6. It's decided: nowlet's get on with the main business -- (English -English) -- 7. Childrearing -- 1. Division of Labour -- 2. The road to 'pro-activist' mothering -- 3. Some consequences -- 4. Support -- 8. Going to school -- 1. Starting school -- 2. Competing Demands -'not enough time' -- 3. Adding Japanese reading and writing -- 4. Dealing with time conflicts and pressures -- 9. Family relationships, identity and ethnicity -- 1. Teen years - growing independence of children, -- growing time for mothers -- 2. Evolving Family relationships -- 3. Aspirations and Identity -- 4. Ethnicity -- 10. Concluding discussion -- 1. Illumination -- 2. Recognition. Bilingualism Great Britain. Japanese Great Britain Languages. Child rearing Great Britain. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001043201.html