Tackling the language issues facing an increasingly diverse nation, this volume draws on the disciplines of linguistics, history and sociology in its analysis. It offers opposing viewpoints on matters of language diversity and argues convincingly in its favour.
In the United States today, an intense discourse is taking place on what the future of the nation will be. Alarmists point to the most recent wave of immigrants, mostly from non-European countries, as the source of current societal malaise. In particular, they consider the diver…
"In the United States today, an intense discourse is taking place on what the future of the nation will be. Alarmists point to the most recent wave of immigrants, mostly from non-European countries, as the source of current societal malaise. In particular, they consider the dive…
The goal of this handbook is to provide readers with a wide range of analyses of both traditional and contemporary work on language use in African American communities in a broad collective.
Offers a set of diverse analyses of traditional and contemporary work on language structure and use in African American communities.
"Languages and dialects in the U.S. is a concise introduction to linguistic diversity in the U.S. for students with little to no background in linguistics. The goal of the editors of this collection of fourteen chapters, written by leading experts on the language varieties discu…
"Languages and Dialects in the U.S. is a concise introduction to linguistic diversity in the U.S. for students with little to no background in linguistics. The goal of the editors of this collection of fourteen chapters, written by leading experts on the language varieties discu…
Languages and Dialects in the U.S. is a concise introduction to linguistic diversity in the U.S. for students with little to no background in linguistics. The goal of the editors of this collection of fourteen chapters, written by leading experts on the language varieties discus…