Language of Inequality / Joan Manes, Nessa Wolfson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Manes, Joan.

Wolfson, Nessa.

Series:

Contributions to the sociology of language ; 36.

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic minorities.

Languages in contact.

Language planning.

Multilingualism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Language of Inequality".

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Foreword

Contents

INTRODUCTION

The Language of Imperialism: Unity or Pluralism?

SECTION ONE: ORIGINS AND PATTERNS OF DIVERSITY

LANGUAGE CONTACT AND THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY

Patterns of Sociolinguistic Inequality in Mesoamerica

The Fate of Spanish in the United States: The Puerto Rican Experience

The Language of Power in Cree Interethnic Communication

PATTERNS OF LANGUAGE CHOICE

Ethnic Relations and Language Use in Montréal

Catalonia: The Dilemma of Language Rights

The Special Relation of Guarani and Spanish in Paraguay

LANGUAGE ATTITUDES IN THE COMMUNITY

Vernacular and Standard Swahili as Seen by Members of the Mombasa Swahili Speech Community

Standard and Non-Standard Language Attitudes in a Creole Continuum

PATTERNS OF SHIFT AND MAINTENANCE: A QUESTION OF LIFE AND DEATH

The Ultimate Inequality: Linguistic Genocide

The Imperial Languages of the Andes

Language Maintenance and Language Shift: Some Data from Australia

The Lively Life of a "Dead" Language (or "Everyone Knows that Yiddish Died Long Ago")

SECTION TWO: LANGUAGE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

LANGUAGE STANDARDIZATION AND EDUCATIONAL PLANNING: OVERT AND COVERT INFLUENCES

The Social Context of Language Standardization in India

English, Swahili, or Other Languages? The Relationship of Educational Development Goals to Language of Instruction in Kenya and Tanzania

Linguistic Inequality in Hawaii: The Post-Creole Dilemma

The Sociology of Language Learning and Teaching in a Creole Situation

The New Language Policy in Nigeria: Its Problems and Its Chances of Success

CLASSROOM INTERACTION AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY

Bilingual Education in Peru and Bolivia

Indian Children in Anglo Classrooms

Expressing Alienation: Creole in the Classroom

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUNCTIONS OF MULTILINGUALISM

Language and Social Mobility in Singapore

Sociolinguistic Inequality and Language Problems of Linguistic Minorities in India

The Status of New Guinea Pidgin (Neo-Melanesian) and Attitudes Towards It

Language and Development in Africa: The Unequal Equation

Diversity in Communication and Languages; Predicament of a Multilingual Nation State: India, A Case Study

List of Contributors

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9783110857320

3110857324

OCLC:

922950936