Linguistic Minorities and Modernity

A Sociolinguistic Ethnography, Second Edition
2. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8264-8690-5
Verlag: Continnuum-3PL

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 537 g

Reihe: Advances in Sociolinguistics

Second edition of Monica Heller's Linguistic Minorities and Modernity - a study of minorities and social change from a sociolinguistic perspective

- Sociolinguistics an increasingly popular subject, particularly at undergraduate level
- Well-written, accessible and updated throughout
- Monica Heller is well respected in this area, and working at OISE, an internationally renowned institute of language and education
- First book in the Advances in Sociolinguistics Series

The subject of this book is linguistic minorities and social change, seen through the lens of a linguistic minority school, meeting the challenges of globalization. This is a core topic for sociolinguists, linguistic anthropologists, applied linguists and educators who are concerned about what multilingualism means in today's world. Through a careful examination of the language practices in the daily life of a minority language school, Monica Heller explores issues such as nationalism, language policy, bilingualism, identity, power, ideology, race, class, gender and sexuality, exploring their role in the increasing commodification of identity and language.
Linguistic Minorities and Modernity has been revised throughout, and includes a new preface by the author.

Zielgruppe

Upper Level Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heller, Monica

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I
1. The Transformation of Linguistic Minorities
2. 'L'Unité dans la diversité'
3. Norms and Contradictions
Part II
4. Being Bilingual
5. Girls and Boys
6. Periphery to Centre
Part III
7. The Distribution of Linguistic Capital
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Monica Heller is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, Canada.