The identity formation of a diaspora community is complex. The present study examines native language maintenance and ethnic identity of first-, 1.5-, and secondgeneration Korean-Americans in the United States, through the lenses of various identity construction and sociolinguistic theories. Identity and language are closely linked, and this relationship is bound by social contexts. Both identity and language are viewed as dynamic and mutable. The study also identifies social factors that affect linguistic behaviors and identity formation. The study further provides detailed analysis of the issues relevant to the conflict of identity in a current setting where pluralist ideology is strongly discouraged, as in the case of the United States. The perspective of English as an international language, and its power and influence on the formation of ethnic identity in the United States and Korea, are also addressed.La formación de identidad de una comunidad diaspórica es compleja. El presente estudio se dedica a examinar el mantenimiento de la lengua nativa y la identidad étnica de la primera, 1.5 y segunda generación de coreano-norteamericanos en los Estados Unidos, considerando las diferentes teorías de la construcción de identidad y sociolingüística. La identidad y la lengua están estrechamente relacionadas, y dicha relación está ligada por los factores sociales que afectan los comportamientos lingüísticos y la formación de identidad. Asimismo, el estudio ofrece un análisis detallado de las cuestiones relacionadas al conflicto de identidad en el contexto actual donde la ideología pluralista es rotundamente rechazada, así como en los Estados Unidos. Se examinan, además, la perspectiva de inglés como una lengua internacional, y su poder e influencia en la formación de identidad en los Estados Unidos y en Corea.
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