Language Maintenance and Shift

Language Maintenance and Shift
Title Language Maintenance and Shift PDF eBook
Author Anne Pauwels
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 221
Release 2016-08-18
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1107043697

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A comprehensive discussion of the key aspects of this important sub-field of language contact and multilingualism studies.

The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics

The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics
Title The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics PDF eBook
Author Robert Bayley
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 913
Release 2015
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0190233745

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This major new survey of sociolinguistics identifies gaps in our existing knowledge base and provides directions for future research.

The Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics

The Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics
Title The Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics PDF eBook
Author Rajend Mesthrie
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 598
Release 2011-10-06
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1139500937

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The most comprehensive overview available, this Handbook is an essential guide to sociolinguistics today. Reflecting the breadth of research in the field, it surveys a range of topics and approaches in the study of language variation and use in society. As well as linguistic perspectives, the handbook includes insights from anthropology, social psychology, the study of discourse and power, conversation analysis, theories of style and styling, language contact and applied sociolinguistics. Language practices seem to have reached new levels since the communications revolution of the late twentieth century. At the same time face-to-face communication is still the main force of language identity, even if social and peer networks of the traditional face-to-face nature are facing stiff competition of the Facebook-to-Facebook sort. The most authoritative guide to the state of the field, this handbook shows that sociolinguistics provides us with the best tools for understanding our unfolding evolution as social beings.

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

International Journal of the Sociology of Language
Title International Journal of the Sociology of Language PDF eBook
Author Robert Clifford Williamson
Publisher
Pages 124
Release 1980
Genre Bilingualism
ISBN 9789027930682

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The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism

The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Title The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism PDF eBook
Author Tej K. Bhatia
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 978
Release 2012-09-19
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1118332415

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**Honored as a 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title** Comprising state-of-the-art research, this substantially expanded and revised Handbook discusses the latest global and interdisciplinary issues across bilingualism and multilingualism. Includes the addition of ten new authors to the contributor team, and coverage of seven new topics ranging from global media to heritage language learning Provides extensively revised coverage of bilingual and multilingual communities, polyglot aphasia, creolization, indigenization, linguistic ecology and endangered languages, multilingualism, and forensic linguistics Brings together a global team of internationally-renowned researchers from different disciplines Covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from neuro- and psycho-linguistic research to studies of media and psychological counseling Assesses the latest issues in worldwide linguistics, including the phenomena and the conceptualization of 'hyperglobalization', and emphasizes geographical centers of global conflict and commerce

Language Shift Among the Navajos

Language Shift Among the Navajos
Title Language Shift Among the Navajos PDF eBook
Author Deborah House
Publisher University of Arizona Press
Pages 162
Release 2002
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780816522200

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Discusses the alarming reduction in the speaking of the Navajo language on the reservation, mapping out some of the intricacies of relations between the English and Navajo languages and the teaching of them, explaining why and how Navajos are having difficulty maintaining their native language, and making suggestions as to what can be done about this.

Handbook of Home Language Maintenance and Development

Handbook of Home Language Maintenance and Development
Title Handbook of Home Language Maintenance and Development PDF eBook
Author Andrea C. Schalley
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 534
Release 2020-06-22
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 150151007X

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Even a cursory look at conference programs and proceedings reveals a burgeoning interest in the field of social and affective factors in home language maintenance and development. To date, however, research on this topic has been published in piecemeal fashion, subsumed under the more general umbrella of ‘bilingualism’. Within bilingualism research, there has been an extensive exploration of linguistic and psycholinguistic perspectives on the one hand, and educational practices and outcomes on the other. In comparison, social and affective factors – which lead people to either maintain or shift the language – have been under-researched. This is the first volume that brings together the different strands in research on social and affective factors in home language maintenance and development, ranging from the micro-level (family language policies and practices), to the meso-level (community initiatives) and the macro-level (mainstream educational policies and their implementation). The volume showcases a wide distribution across contexts and populations explored. Contributors from around the world represent different research paradigms and perspectives, providing a rounded overview of the state-of-the-art in this flourishing field.