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Germanic Heritage Languages in North America

Author : Janne Bondi Johannessen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027268193
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Germanic Heritage Languages in North America by : Janne Bondi Johannessen

Download or read book Germanic Heritage Languages in North America written by Janne Bondi Johannessen and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents new empirical findings about Germanic heritage varieties spoken in North America: Dutch, German, Pennsylvania Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, West Frisian and Yiddish, and varieties of English spoken both by heritage speakers and in communities after language shift. The volume focuses on three critical issues underlying the notion of ‘heritage language’: acquisition, attrition and change. The book offers theoretically-informed discussions of heritage language processes across phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics and the lexicon, in addition to work on sociolinguistics, historical linguistics and contact settings. With this, the volume also includes a variety of frameworks and approaches, synchronic and diachronic. Most European Germanic languages share some central linguistic features, such as V2, gender and agreement in the nominal system, and verb inflection. As minority languages faced with a majority language like English, similarities and differences emerge in patterns of variation and change in these heritage languages. These empirical findings shed new light on mechanisms and processes.

Moribund Germanic Heritage Languages in North America

Author : B. Richard Page
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004290214
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Moribund Germanic Heritage Languages in North America by : B. Richard Page

Download or read book Moribund Germanic Heritage Languages in North America written by B. Richard Page and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions in Moribund Germanic Heritage Languages in North America advance the ever-expanding research program in formal and theoretical treatments of heritage language grammars through in-depth empirical investigations. The core focus on moribund varieties of heritage Germanic languages extends beyond the exploration of the individual heritage language grammars and contributes to larger discussions in the field of Germanic linguistics.

The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics

Author : Silvina Montrul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110880053X
Total Pages : 1171 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics by : Silvina Montrul

Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics written by Silvina Montrul and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 1171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heritage languages are minority languages learned in a bilingual environment. These include immigrant languages, aboriginal or indigenous languages and historical minority languages. In the last two decades, heritage languages have become central to many areas of linguistic research, from bilingual language acquisition, education and language policies, to theoretical linguistics. Bringing together contributions from a team of internationally renowned experts, this Handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of this emerging area of study from a number of different perspectives, ranging from theoretical linguistics to language education and pedagogy. Presenting comprehensive data on heritage languages from around the world, it covers issues ranging from individual aspects of heritage language knowledge to broader societal, educational, and policy concerns in local, global and international contexts. Surveying the most current issues and trends in this exciting field, it is essential reading for graduate students and researchers, as well as language practitioners and other language professionals.

Icelandic Heritage in North America

Author : Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN 13 : 177284022X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (728 download)

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Book Synopsis Icelandic Heritage in North America by : Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir

Download or read book Icelandic Heritage in North America written by Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of cultural inheritance and the evolution of language. Mapping the language, literature, and history of Icelandic immigrants and their descendants, this collection, translated and expanded for English-speaking audiences, delivers a comprehensive overview of Icelandic linguistic and cultural heritage in North America. Drawn from the findings of a three-year study involving over two hundred participants from Manitoba, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, and the Pacific West Coast, Icelandic Heritage in North America reveals the durability and versatility of the Icelandic language. Editors Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Höskuldur Thráinsson, and Úlfar Bragason bring together a range of interdisciplinary scholarship to investigate the endurance of the “Western Icelander.” Chapters delve into the literary works of Icelandic immigrant writers and interpret archival letters, newspapers, and journal entries to provide both qualitative and quantitative linguistic analyses and to mark significant cultural shifts between early settlement and today. Icelandic Heritage in North America offers an in-depth examination of Icelandic immigrant identity, linguistic evolution, and legacy.

A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic Languages

Author : R.D. Fulk
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027263132
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic Languages by : R.D. Fulk

Download or read book A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic Languages written by R.D. Fulk and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fulk’s Comparative Grammar offers an overview of and bibliographical guide to the study of the phonology and the inflectional morphology of the earliest Germanic languages, with particular attention to Gothic, Old Norse / Icelandic, Old English, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, and Old High German, along with some attention to the more sparsely attested languages. The sounds and inflections of the oldest Germanic languages are compared, with a view to reconstructing the forms they took in Proto-Germanic and comparing those reconstructed forms with what is known of the Indo-European protolanguage. Students will find the book an informative introduction and a bibliographically instructive point of departure for intensive research in the numerous issues that remain profoundly contested in early Germanic language history.

Heritage Languages and Their Speakers

Author : Maria Polinsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107047641
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Heritage Languages and Their Speakers written by Maria Polinsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering study of heritage languages, from a leading scholar in this area of study world-wide.

The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages

Author : Rajiv Rao
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108833101
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages by : Rajiv Rao

Download or read book The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages written by Rajiv Rao and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-29 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length treatment of the phonetics and phonology of heritage languages, spanning a range of linguistic areas and communities.

Variable Properties in Language

Author : David W. Lightfoot
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626166641
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Book Synopsis Variable Properties in Language by : David W. Lightfoot

Download or read book Variable Properties in Language written by David W. Lightfoot and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume, based on papers presented at the 2017 Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics (GURT), approaches the study of language variation from a variety of angles. Language variation research asks broad questions such as, "Why are languages' grammatical structures different from one another?" as well as more specific word-level questions such as, "Why are words that are pronounced differently still recognized to be the same words?" Too often, research on variation has been siloed based on the particular question—sociolinguists do not talk to historical linguists, who do not talk to phoneticians, and so on. This edited volume seeks to bring discussions from different subfields of linguistics together to explore language variation in a broader sense and acknowledge the complexity and interwoven nature of variation itself.

The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics

Author : Michael T. Putnam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108386350
Total Pages : 1207 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics by : Michael T. Putnam

Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics written by Michael T. Putnam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 1207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Germanic language family ranges from national languages with standardized varieties, including German, Dutch and Danish, to minority languages with relatively few speakers, such as Frisian, Yiddish and Pennsylvania German. Written by internationally renowned experts of Germanic linguistics, this Handbook provides a detailed overview and analysis of the structure of modern Germanic languages and dialects. Organized thematically, it addresses key topics in the phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics of standard and nonstandard varieties of Germanic languages from a comparative perspective. It also includes chapters on second language acquisition, heritage and minority languages, pidgins, and urban vernaculars. The first comprehensive survey of this vast topic, the Handbook is a vital resource for students and researchers investigating the Germanic family of languages and dialects.

Studies in Italian as a Heritage Language

Author : Francesco Bryan Romano
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110759586
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Studies in Italian as a Heritage Language by : Francesco Bryan Romano

Download or read book Studies in Italian as a Heritage Language written by Francesco Bryan Romano and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series offers a wide forum for work on contact linguistics, using an integrated approach to both diachronic and synchronic manifestations of contact, ranging from social and individual aspects to structural-typological issues. Topics covered by the series include child and adult bilingualism and multilingualism, contact languages, borrowing and contact-induced typological change, code switching in conversation, societal multilingualism, bilingual language processing, and various other topics related to language contact. The series does not have a fixed theoretical orientation, and includes contributions from a variety of approaches.

Heritage Languages

Author : Suzanne Aalberse
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027261768
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Heritage Languages by : Suzanne Aalberse

Download or read book Heritage Languages written by Suzanne Aalberse and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heritage languages, such as the Turkish varieties spoken in Berlin or the Spanish used in Los Angeles, are non-dominant languages, often with little prestige. Their speakers also speak the dominant language of the country they live in. Often heritage languages undergo changes due to their special status. They have received a lot of scholarly attention and provide a link between academic concerns and educational issues. This book takes a language contact perspective: we consider heritage languages from the perspective of their history, their structural properties, and their interaction with other surrounding languages.

Intra-individual Variation in Language

Author : Alexander Werth
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110743124
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Intra-individual Variation in Language by : Alexander Werth

Download or read book Intra-individual Variation in Language written by Alexander Werth and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers several empirical, methodological, and theoretical approaches to the study of observable variation within individuals on various linguistic levels. With a focus on German varieties, the chapters provide answers on the following questions (inter alia): Which linguistic and extra-linguistic factors explain intra-individual variation? Is there observable intra-individual variation that cannot be explained by linguistic and extra-linguistic factors? Can group-level results be generalised to individual language usage and vice versa? Is intra-individual variation indicative of actual patterns of language change? How can intra-individual variation be examined in historical data? Consequently, the various theoretical, methodological and empirical approaches in this volume offer a better understanding of the meaning of intra-individual variation for patterns of language development, language variation and change. The inter- and transdisciplinary nature of the volume is an exciting new frontier, and the results of the studies in this book provide a wealth of new findings as well as challenges to some of the existing findings and assumptions regarding the nature of intra-individual variation.

Widening Contexts for Processability Theory

Author : Anke Lenzing
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027262187
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Widening Contexts for Processability Theory by : Anke Lenzing

Download or read book Widening Contexts for Processability Theory written by Anke Lenzing and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores relationships between Processability Theory approaches and other approaches to SLA. It is distinctive in two ways. It offers PT-insiders a way to see connections between their familiar traditions and theories with other ways of working. Parallel to this it offers readers who work in other traditions ways of connecting with a research tradition that makes specific testable claims about second language acquisition processes. These dual perspectives mean that both beginning and established SLA researchers as well as those seeking to connect their work with views of language learning will find something of interest. Studies of multiple languages and multiple aspects of language are included. Chapters cover areas as diverse as literacy, language comprehension, language attrition and language testing.

The Grammar of Multilingualism

Author : Artemis Alexiadou
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889450120
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (894 download)

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Book Synopsis The Grammar of Multilingualism by : Artemis Alexiadou

Download or read book The Grammar of Multilingualism written by Artemis Alexiadou and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates the nature of grammatical representations in speakers who master multiple languages. Since the early days of modern formal approaches to grammar, most work has been based on the language of monolingual humans. Less work has been conducted based on data from speakers who possess more than one language. Although important insights have been gained from a monolingual focus, there is every reason to believe that bi- and multilingual data can inform linguistic theory. A lot of ongoing work demonstrates that this is indeed the case, and the current volume contributes to this growing literature. Thus, the research topic addresses a number of questions relating to grammatical structures in multilingual speakers as well as the methodological issues that arise in the context of studying such speakers. A better understanding of the grammatical sides of multilingualism is crucial for understanding the human language capacity and in turn for offering better advice to the public concerning issues of language choice for multilingual children and adults, education, and language deficits in multilingual individuals.

Bilingual Cognition and Language

Author : David Miller
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027264546
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Bilingual Cognition and Language written by David Miller and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together leading names in the field of bilingualism research to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Studies in Bilingualism series. Over the last 25 years the study of bilingualism has received a tremendous amount of attention from linguists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, and neuroscientists. The breadth of coverage in this volume is a testament to the many different aspects of bilingualism that continue to generate phenomenal interest in the scholarly community. The bilingual experience is captured through a multifaceted prism that includes aspects of language and literacy development in child bilinguals with and without developmental language disorders, language processing and mental representations in adult bilinguals across the lifespan, and the cognitive and neurological basis of bilingualism. Different theoretical approaches – from generative UG-based models to constructivist usage-based models – are brought to bear on the nature of bilingual linguistic knowledge. The end result is a compendium of the state-of-the-art of a field that is in constant evolution and that is on an upward trajectory of discovery.

Formal Grammar

Author : Terje Lohndal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351971913
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Formal Grammar written by Terje Lohndal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume draws together fourteen previously published papers which explore the nature of mental grammar through a formal, generative approach. The book begins by outlining the development of formal grammar in the last fifty years, with a particular focus on the work of Noam Chomsky, and moves into an examination of a diverse set of phenomena in various languages that shed light on theory and model construction. Many of the papers focus on comparisons between English and Norwegian, highlighting the importance of comparative approaches to the study of language. With a comprehensive collection of papers that demonstrate the richness of formal approaches, this volume is key reading for students and scholars interested in the study of grammar.

Vietnamese Language, Education and Change in and Outside Vietnam

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Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819990939
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Vietnamese Language, Education and Change in and Outside Vietnam written by and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access edited book attempts to break new ground in investigating multiple facets of Vietnamese language, education and change in global contexts, engaging with global Vietnam through complex lenses of language and education. Issues of language, globalization, and global identities have often been framed through the lens of hierarchical/binary power relations, and/or through a dichotomy between hyper-central languages, such as English, and revisualized or marginalized local language and cultures. In this book, this dichotomy is turned on its head by considering how Vietnam and Vietnamese are constructed in and outside Vietnam and enacted in global spaces of classrooms, textbooks, student mobility, community engagement, curriculum, and intercultural contacts. Vietnamese is among the worlds most spoken languages and is ranked in the top 20th in terms the number of speakers. Yet, at the same time, as a peripheral or southern global language as often seen in the Global North-Global South spectrum, the dynamics of multilingual and multicultural encounters involving Vietnamese generate distinctive dilemmas and tensions, as well as pointing to alternative ways of thinking about global phenomena from a fresh angle. Rather than being outside of the global, Vietnamese - like many other non-central global languages - is present in diasporas, commercial, and transnational structures of higher education, schooling, and in the more conventional settings of primary and secondary school, in which visions of culture and language also evoke notions of heritage and tradition as well as bring to the fore deep seated ideological conflicts across time, space, communities, and generations. Relevant to students and scholars researching language, education, identity, multiculturalism, and their intersections, particularly related to Vietnam, but also in Southeast Asia and beyond, this volume is a pioneering investigation into overlooked contexts and languages from a global, southern-oriented perspective.