@article{discovery10018754, year = {2010}, title = {'Migrant Languages in a Multi-Ethnic Scenario: Brazilian Portuguese in London'}, pages = {79--93}, volume = {26}, journal = {Portuguese Studies}, number = {1}, abstract = {The focus of this paper is the use of the Portuguese language in identification practices by a small group of Brazilians living in the Brazilian community of London. I firstly aim to provide a general account of the main political, social, demographic, cultural and linguistic factors affecting these Brazilian migrants, examining in particular the links berween language and identity from the perspective of a group of mothers who take their children to Portuguese lessons. I then focus on three of the offspring to assess how they are affected by their mothers' self-identification. Hence, this paper seeks to provide insight on the irnportance of language in the construction of identity of a group of mothers of Brazilian heritage in England, and how their positionins affects their children's identification and linguistic practices.}, author = {Souza, Ana}, url = {https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10018754/}, keywords = {Portuguese language, Brazilian migrants, mothers and children, identity construction, linguistic practices} }