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Language use and identity : the Sylheti Bangladeshis in Leeds / Shahela Hamid.
Penn Museum Library PE1961 .H36 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamid, Shahela, 1956-
- Series:
- Contemporary studies in descriptive linguistics ; v. 26.
- Contemporary studies in descriptive linguistics ; v. 26
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Dialects--England--Leeds.
- English language.
- Bangladeshis--England--Leeds--Languages.
- Bangladeshis.
- Sociolinguistics--England--Leeds.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Bangladeshis--England--Leeds--Ethnic identity.
- Multilingualism--England--Leeds.
- Multilingualism.
- Ethnicity.
- Language and languages.
- English language--Dialects.
- England--Leeds.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, [2011]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Background to the Study 1
- Physical geography of Bangladesh 2
- Sylhet: Area of origin of the migrants 4
- Analysis of the socio-historic and socio-political background of Bangla 14
- Typology of diglossia in Bangla 26
- Linguistic description of Bangla 30
- Linguistic description of Sylheti 31
- Summary 35
- Chapter 2 Approaches to the Study of Language Maintenance and Shift 37
- The study of language maintenance and shift (LMS) 38
- Domain 47
- Domain and diglossia 50
- Ethnolinguistic Vitality 54
- Subjective Ethnolinguistic Vitality 62
- Relationship between diglossia and ethnolinguistic vitality 66
- The social network approach 67
- Language as an ethnic core value 69
- Summary 70
- Chapter 3 Methods for Data Collection 75
- The LMP survey 75
- Survey approaches 81
- Selecting participants 97
- Tools: Written questionnaires 102
- Summary 109
- Chapter 4 Analysis of Data 113
- The community in Leeds 113
- Education 115
- Socio-cultural findings and interview data analysis 119
- Questionnaire data analysis 125
- Language learning history 130
- Mother tongue 131
- How other Bangladeshis identify the language used by Sylhetis in the UK 136
- Patterns of language use 139
- Language awareness 145
- Language used for telling rhymes and stories 147
- Sylheti as language and as similar to Bangla 148
- Attitudes towards literacy skills in languages 151
- Pride in Sylheti / Bangladeshi Identity 151
- Ethnicity and identity 155
- Preferences in food, clothes and music 156
- The importance of learning Bangla and English 159
- Motivations for learning Sylheti, Bangla and English 160
- Language used in employment domain 161
- Language attitudes and stereotypes 163
- Contexts of acceptability 165
- Dif ferences between Sylhetis and other Bangladeshis 167
- Chapter 5 Conclusion 169
- The model 169
- Methods 171
- The data 176
- Summary 184.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783039115594
- 3039115596
- OCLC:
- 690585635
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