Language Use in Family and in Society

Abstract

Our parents have sacrificed their lives and have paid their dues in tears and sweat, as our grandmother used to say, in order to push us over the fence so we could attain education and success in the United States. Now that our parents have successfully pushed us over the fence, we find ourselves struggling to get back for fear of losing what we once had. This, however, is not an easy feat because language and culture so separate us, placing us each in our own worlds, both of which are filled with loneliness, loss, and great emotional and psychological pain. Linh Cao