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Mother Tongue Prestige

Author : Jessica Sujata Chandras
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000937283
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Mother Tongue Prestige written by Jessica Sujata Chandras and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the intersection of language and social privilege in education in India. Drawing on rich ethnographic detail and primary data, it introduces a conversation of privilege, specifically contemporary configurations of caste and socioeconomic class in India, to the fields of South Asian studies and sociolinguistic educational studies. The author examines how and why education at the pre-primary, secondary, and higher education levels in India remains largely segregated by socioeconomic class and caste through the lens of language. She advances fields of study of multilingual education, language ideologies, and complexities between language and identity to contribute to work on language and privilege in education by providing a novel and contemporary case from India. The book also critiques contemporary caste configurations in India that uphold urban middle-class Brahmins as the socially privileged purveyors of social and linguistic norms. Mother Tongue Prestige parses out threads of motivation, perceptions of education, and aspirations tied to language use and learning that shape generations of students in an educational system preparing them for a globalized workforce and urban, multilingual livelihoods in India and abroad. It will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers of education, language, sociology, sociology of education, linguistics, sociolinguistics, and South Asian studies.

A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism

Author : Colin Baker
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783091606
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism written by Colin Baker and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this accessible guide to bilingualism in the family and the classroom, Colin Baker delivers a realistic picture of the joys and difficulties of raising bilingual children. This revised edition includes more information on bilingualism in the digital age, and incorporates the latest research in areas such as neonatal language experience, multilingualism and language mixing.

Relationality and Learning in Oceania

Author : Seu'ula Johansson-Fua
Publisher : Comparative and International
ISBN 13 : 9789004425293
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis Relationality and Learning in Oceania by : Seu'ula Johansson-Fua

Download or read book Relationality and Learning in Oceania written by Seu'ula Johansson-Fua and published by Comparative and International. This book was released on 2020 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This multi-authored volume draws on the collective experiences of a team of researcher-practitioners, from three Oceanic universities, in an aid-funded intervention program for enhancing literacy learning in Pacific Islands primary education schools. The interventions explored here-in Solomon Islands and Tonga-were implemented via a four-year collaboration which adopted a design-based research approach to bringing about sustainable improvements in teacher and student learning, and in the delivery and evaluation of educational aid. This approach demanded that learning from the context of practice should be determining of both content and process; that all involved in the interventions should see themselves as learners. Essential to the trusting and respectful relationships required for this approach was the program's acknowledgement of relationality as central to indigenous Oceanic societies, and of education as a relational activity. Relationality and Learning in Oceania: Contextualizing Education for Development addresses debates current in both comparative education and international aid. Argued strongly is that relational research-practice approaches (south-south, south-north) which center the importance of context and culture, and the significance of indigenous epistemologies, are required to strengthen education within the post-colonial relational space of Oceania, and to inform the various agencies and actors involved in 'education for development' in Oceania and globally. Maintained is that the development of education structures and processes within the contexts explored through the chapters comprising this volume, continues to be a negotiation between the complexity of historically developed local 'traditions' and understandings and the 'global' imperatives shaped by dominant development discourses"--

Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics

Author : R. L. Trask
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415157420
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics written by R. L. Trask and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive critical work, Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics is a highly readable A-Z guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics.

Languages in Contact

Author : Uriel Weinreich
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027284997
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Languages in Contact written by Uriel Weinreich and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The appearance of Uriel Weinreich's Languages in Contact: Findings and Problems (1953) marked a milestone in the study of multilingualism and language contact. Yet until now, few linguists have been aware that its main themes were first laid out in Weinreich’s Columbia University doctoral dissertation of 1951, Research Problems in Bilingualism with Special Reference to Switzerland. Based on the author's fieldwork, it contains a detailed report on language contact in Switzerland in the first half of the 20th century, especially along the French-German linguistic border and between German and Romansh in the canton of Grisons (Graubünden). The present edition reproduces Weinreich's original text in full, with only minor alterations and corrections, as well as the author's fieldwork photographs and many of his hand-drawn diagrams. A new foreword reviews Weinreich's life and legacy, as well as developments in contact linguistics and the Swiss linguistic situation over the past 60 years. With selected comments on noteworthy points and references to more recent literature, this volume will be of interest not only to those working on the languages of Switzerland, or specialists in language contact, but all scholars today whose work builds on the broad and lasting foundations laid over half a century ago by Uriel Weinreich.

Pidginization and Creolization of Languages

Author : International Conference On Pidgin And Creole Languages. 1968. Mona, Jamaique
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pidginization and Creolization of Languages written by International Conference On Pidgin And Creole Languages. 1968. Mona, Jamaique and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1971 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The English Language

Author : Charles Laurence Barber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521785709
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book The English Language written by Charles Laurence Barber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English Language: A Historical Introduction covers the history of the English language from its prehistoric Indo-European origins to the present day. Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, Charles Barber describes the nature of language and language change, and presents a history of the English language at different periods, dealing with key topics such as grammar, pronunciation and semantics. Where necessary, he introduces and explains the main theoretical and technical concepts of historical linguistics. There are also chapters on English in the scientific age, English as a world language and the future of the language. Charles Barber uses dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Addison, to illustrate the state of the English language through time in a range of contexts. This is a fascinating book for anyone with an interest in language.

Ethnologia Balkanica

Author :
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnologia Balkanica written by and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 19?? with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Handbook of Literacy in Diglossia and in Dialectal Contexts

Author : Elinor Saiegh-Haddad
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030800725
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Literacy in Diglossia and in Dialectal Contexts written by Elinor Saiegh-Haddad and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-14 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first published collection of papers on the impact of diglossia and dialectal variations on language and literacy acquisition, impairment, and education. The authors are pioneering in this field and are leading researchers with substantial experience in conducting research in this area. A wide range of areas and languages are covered, including the US, South Africa, Israel, and various European countries. The chapters present novel data and insights regarding the role of dialectal variations on language and literacy, from a wide range of countries and perspectives. These insights have significant theoretical and practical implications. A majority of literacy learners worldwide are taught to read and write in a language variety or a dialect that is not the same as their spoken language. Not only is this the global norm, but it is probably also the greatest obstacle to literacy learning. This volume is the first published collection of papers on the role of dialect in language and literacy acquisition, impairment, and education in a variety of languages and situations across Europe, the Middle East, North America, Africa, and Asia.The authors are pioneers in this field.

The Persistence of Language

Author : Shannon T. Bischoff
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027272247
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book The Persistence of Language written by Shannon T. Bischoff and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection presents two sets of interdisciplinary conversations connecting theoretical, methodological, and ideological issues in the study of language. In the first section, Approaches to the study of the indigenous languages of the Americas, the authors connect historical, theoretical, and documentary linguistics to examine the crucial role of endangered language data for the development of biopsychological theory and to highlight how methodological decisions impact language revitalization efforts. Section two, Approaches to the study of voices and ideologies, connects anthropological and documentary linguistics to examine how discourses of language contact, endangerment, linguistic purism and racism shape scholarly practice and language policy and to underscore the need for linguists and laypersons alike to acquire the analytical tools to deconstruct discourses of inequality. Together, these chapters pay homage to the scholarship of Jane H. Hill, demonstrating how a critical, interdisciplinary linguistics narrows the gap between disparate fields of analysis to treat the ecology of language in its entirety.

Trask's Historical Linguistics

Author : Robert McColl Millar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000861112
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Trask's Historical Linguistics written by Robert McColl Millar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-18 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trask’s Historical Linguistics provides an accessible introduction to historical linguistics – the study of language change over time. This engaging book is illustrated with language examples from all six continents, and covers the fundamental concepts of language change, methods for historical linguistics, linguistic reconstruction, sociolinguistic aspects of language change, language contact, the birth and death of languages, language and prehistory, and the issue of very remote relations. The fourth edition of this renowned textbook is fully revised and updated and covers the most recent developments in historical linguistics, including: A thorough reworking of sections on morphological and syntactic change, incorporating progress in areas such as grammaticalization and the discussion of the Indo-European ‘homeland’ Discussion and analysis of ‘folk’ historical linguistics and its connection with some of the more eccentric views of professional linguists An expanded discussion of language contact, historical sociolinguistics, and language planning, including a discussion of contemporary competing views on the genesis and nature of creoles, and their importance in our understanding of radical linguistic change Updated support material including suggestions for essay questions and a larger number of supporting examples of the phenomena described in the book Trask’s Historical Linguistics is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of historical linguistics as well as any student looking for a grounded introduction to the English language.

Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts

Author : R.L. Trask
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134124082
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts written by R.L. Trask and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fully updated second edition of this critical work includes a new introduction, a wide range of new entries and added specialised further reading for lecturers and more advanced students.

A Pepper-pot of Cultures

Author : Gordon Collier
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042009288
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book A Pepper-pot of Cultures written by Gordon Collier and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2003 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The terms 'creole' and 'creolization' have witnessed a number of significant semantic changes in the course of their history. Originating in the vocabulary associated with colonial expansion in the Americas it had been successively narrowed down to the field of black American culture or of particular linguistic phenomena. Recently 'creole' has expanded again to cover the broad area of cultural contact and transformation characterizing the processes of globalization initiated by the colonial migrations of past centuries. The present volume is intended to illustrate these various stages either by historical and/or theoretical discussion of the concept or through selected case studies. The authors are established scholars from the areas of literature, linguistics and cultural studies; they all share a lively and committed interest in the Caribbean area - certainly not the only or even oldest realm in which processes of creolization have shaped human societies, but one that offers, by virtue of its history of colonialization and cross-cultural contact, its most pertinent example. The collection, beyond its theoretical interest, thus also constitutes an important survey of Caribbean studies in Europe and the Americas. As well as searching overview essays, there are - sociolinguistic contributions on the linguistic geography of 'criollo' in Spanish America, the Limonese creole speakers of Costa Rica, 'creole' language and identity in the Netherlands Antilles and the affinities between Papiamentu and Chinese in Curaçao - ethnohistorical examinations of such topics as creole transgression in the Dominican/Haitian borderland, the Haitian Mandingo and African fundamentalism, creolization and identity in West-Central Jamaica, Afro-Nicaraguans and national identity, and the Creole heritage of Haiti - studies of religion and folk culture, including voodoo and creolization in New York City, the creolization of the "Mami Wata" water spirit, and signifyin(g) processes in New World Anancy tales - a group of essays focusing on the thought of Édouard Glissant, Maryse Condé, and the Créolité writers and case-studies of artistic expression, including creole identities in Caribbean women's writing, Port-au-Prince in the Haitian novel, Cynthia McLeod and Astrid Roemer and Surinamese fiction, Afro-Cuban artistic expression, and metacreolization in the fiction of Robert Antoni and Nalo Hopkinson.

Language Contact and Change in Chinese

Author : Guangshun Cao
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110612984
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Language Contact and Change in Chinese written by Guangshun Cao and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book sheds light on the fascinating evolution of contact-induced grammatical features in Chinese syntax. For more than two thousand years, Chinese has been in large scale language contact with languages such as Sanskrit, Mongolian, and Manchurian. Originally published in Chinese in renowned academic journals, the contributions are made available for the first time to the English speaking world.

Japanese Cultural Nationalism

Author : Roy Starrs
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004213953
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Cultural Nationalism written by Roy Starrs and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the premise that Japanese cultural nationalism has been and is a major cultural/historical force throughout the Asia Pacific this book has dual focus: Part 1 explores Japanese literature, philosophy, education, politics, diplomacy, music; Part 2 extends Japanese role to Asia Pacific at large.

Cantonese as Written Language

Author : Don Snow
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622097094
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Cantonese as Written Language written by Don Snow and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cantonese is the only dialect of Chinese which has developed a widely known and used written form. It has played a role in publishing in the Guangdong region since the late Ming dynasty when various types of verses using Cantonese were published as mu yu shu (‘wooden fish books’). In the early twentieth century these dialect texts were joined by Cantonese opera scripts, published as popular reading material. However, it was only after the end of the Second World War that written Cantonese came to be widely used in popular newspapers and magazines, advertising, and in the private communications. Cantonese as Written Language examines this development in the broader context of diglossia, and also of the patterns by which spoken vernaculars have developed written forms in other societies. Based on primary source research, including interviews with publishers and writers who played an important role in the growth of written Cantonese, the author argues that this move of Cantonese into the realm of written language is closely associated with Hong Kong's distinct local culture and identity. The growth of the written vernacular also reflects the territory's evolving cultural distinctiveness from mainland China, first as a British colony, and now as a Special Administrative Region of China.

Language and its Ecology

Author : Stig Eliasson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110805367
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Language and its Ecology written by Stig Eliasson and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.