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Choose someone from the US that speaks another language besides English.

Has the LOTE been maintained across generations or has LOTE competence shifted/been lost over time?

What is the world-wide status of the language in terms of maintenance & representation?

What social factors influenced maintenance or shift inter-generationally?

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Born on the 28th of March in 1986, Lady Gaga alias Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, grew up in New York City (precisely in Manhattan). Both her parents have italian roots. Marked as a weirdo by her peers at school, she became the Queen of Pop.

She is globally known for her unique style, her music and her political involment as an advocat for LGBTQA rights, as well as the Born this way"foundation

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On an interview with Apple music  regarding her album "Joanne" from 26.09.17 she said that she ist "just an italian girl who wants to make her father proud".

On another interview in march this year concerning her lates album "Chromatica" with italian singer Tiziano Ferro she thanks her ancestors that migrated from Italy to the US, the possibilites they opend for generations to come, including herself, how she loves the Italian spirit and that she is a proud Italo-American person. This interview also shows that she is able to speak the language and understanding it, even though the main language of the interview has been English. The view words spoken interestingly show hints of an accents, which may be an indication on how she has aquired the italian language.

At a concert in Miland Ms Germanotta tells the audience of how her family has met with her relatives in Sicily for the fist time. Those relatives hat travelled to Miland to meet her and she speaks of how heartening it was for her. While playing some notes on the piano she recited the story of how her grandparents had come on a boad to  Ellis Island with nothing but the determination to learn the English language. She speaks of the beauty in her grandparents original country and how that made/ makes her feel special, thanking the audience of welcoming her to the Forum. At the end of the short clip she dedicates her next song to the relatives she newly met and introduces herself in Italian.
This last video indicates that she is a third generation Italo-American.

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Italian in New York City is spoken at home by a percentage of 2,1% people, according to the US census of 2011-2015

Globally, the language according to a grafic released in 2019 on statistica.com spread in 15 countries, Argentina being the country with the largest number of speakers outside of Italy with 977 417 tsd. The next country listed is Germany with 806 693 tsd. In the US instead the number of speakers is at 283 678 tsd.

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Italian- Language maintainance & representation

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Italian- Language maintainance & representation

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From what I recall, Italian has the institutional backup  as one of the official languages of the EU. Also through the Academia della Crusca in Florence, new changes in the language are documented and methods are discussed to maintain the standard variation spoken in the country. Laws and literature can be found and even outside of the country (at least in Germany) exist bilingual schools that teach it.

So through media, law and speakers Italian is widely represented and alive.

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From personal experience and from what has been discussed in the lecture Language shift and maintaince depend on a series of things.

If a language for example has a socially lower status, current speakers could be more inclined to loose their ability to speak it.
Correlated to that if a language has no institutional back up it looses the importance to be learned or maintained.

A huge factor play parents or the society an individual grows up in. Depending on how one is exposed to a language influences the learning process and therefore the ability to actually use a language.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S8NzgYT890

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUp6ELNRze0&t=2215s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n7O8QB5KSo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW8rVkqKxgQ

Datas concerning the Italian language:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/789389/the-biggest-italian-communities-living-abroad-by-country/

& the powerpoint discussed in class on the 5th of November