Linguistic minorities and modernity : a sociolinguistic ethnography / by Monica Heller.

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Heller, Monica

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9781441105257
1441105255

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Linguistic minorities and modernity.DDC classification:

408.9 22

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P119.315 .H43 2006eb

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ES 135
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Contents:

The transformation of linguistic minorities -- "L'Unité dans la diversité" -- Norms and contradictions -- Being bilingual -- Girls and boys -- Periphery to centre -- The distribution of linguistic capital.

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Summary: The subject of this book is linguistic minorities, and how language is used by speakers of languages which are not the main language of communication. This is a core topic for sociolinguists, who examine how language is actually used within a given context. Globalization, migration, and the erosion of nationhood is creating far more linguistic minorities as society becomes increasingly pluralistic. One of the major sites of contact between languages is the school, and this book focuses on linguistic interaction within this educational context. Through a careful examination of the language prac.

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Originally published: London : Longman/Pearson, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and indexes.

The subject of this book is linguistic minorities, and how language is used by speakers of languages which are not the main language of communication. This is a core topic for sociolinguists, who examine how language is actually used within a given context. Globalization, migration, and the erosion of nationhood is creating far more linguistic minorities as society becomes increasingly pluralistic. One of the major sites of contact between languages is the school, and this book focuses on linguistic interaction within this educational context. Through a careful examination of the language prac.

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