Dynamics of linguistic diversity

Dynamics of linguistic diversity / edited by Hagen Peukert and Ingrid Gogolin.

This volume emphasizes the energetic nature of linguistic diversity and its consequences of how we think about language, how it affects the individual, education in school, and urban spaces across the globe. Hence, linguistic diversity reflects the constant state of rapid change prevalent in modern...

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Other Authors: Peukert, Hagen (Editor), Gogolin, Ingrid (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]
Series:Hamburg studies on linguistic diversity ; v. 6.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Variation.
Language and culture.
Multilingualism.
Sociolinguistics.
sociolinguistics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Language and culture
Language and languages > Variation
Multilingualism
Sociolinguistics
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Table of Contents:
  • Dynamics of Linguistic Diversity; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Financial support; Table of contents; Dedication page; Introduction. Dynamics of linguistic diversity; 1. Concept of language as languages; 2. Contextual influences on multilingual development; 3. Linguistic features of multilingual communication; 4. Multilingual discourse and spaces; References; Conceptualizing language: Linguistic theory and language policy; Structuralism in linguistic theory; The Canadian context; Has official bilingualism worked in Canada?; Conclusion; References.
  • Appendix 1. Canada's official languagesAccent on the positive: Revisiting the 'Language as Resource' orientation for bolstering multilingualism in contemporary urban EuropeRevisiting the 'Language as Resource' orientation for bolstering multilingualism in contemporary urban Europe; Introduction; Origins of nations and languages; Hamburg; Linguistic diversity; Multilingualism as resource; Intellectual resource; Cultural resource; Family resource; Economic resource; Rights resource; Active citizenship resource; Policy change to support multilingualism; References.
  • Home literacy activities of mono- and multilingual children in middle childhood1. Introduction; 2. Home literacy as a predictor of (academic) language skills; 3. Home literacy in mono- and multilingual families; 4. Research objective and hypotheses; 5. Sample description; 6. Results; 6.1 Oral and literate activities in mono- and multilingual families; 6.2 TV consumption in mono- and multilingual families; 6.3 The family's SES as an explanation for different home literacy patterns; 7. Discussion and conclusion; Home literacy activities in early vs. middle childhood.
  • Home literacy experiences of mono- and multilingual childrenThe role of the family's SES; Limitations and prospects for future research; References; Heritage language use among Turkish and Vietnamese mothers in Germany: Heritage language use among Turkish and Vietnamese mothers in Germany; 1. Introduction; 2. Explaining heritage language use; 3. Data and methods; Data; Dependent variable; Independent variables; 4. Results; 5. Conclusion; References; Biscriptality and heritage language maintenance: Russian in Germany; 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Biscriptality and its relation to the acquisition of (bi)literacy2.1 Overview of previous research; 2.2 Research questions for the current study; 3. Study design; 3.1 Participants; 3.2 Data sampling method; 4. Results I: Script choice and orthography; 4.1 Quantitative distribution of scripts in the corpus; 4.2 Age upon arrival and script choice; 4.3 Latin characters used to render Russian sounds in the corpus; 4.4 Cyrillic-internal character variation in the corpus; 5. Discussion of results regarding script choice and orthography.

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