ISBN:
9783319617787
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (724 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Siegel, Jacob S Demographic and Socioeconomic Basis of Ethnolinguistics
DDC:
306.44089
Keywords:
Anthropological linguistics
;
Linguistic demography
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Sociolinguistics
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction: General Sources and Methods, and Concepts of Population, Language, and Ethnicity -- Chapter 1: Basic Concepts, and Overview of Sources, Quality of Data, and Methods -- Basic Concepts -- The Interests of Demographers in Linguistics -- Some Basic Concepts of Demography and Language -- Population Defined -- Language Defined -- The Scope of Demography and Linguistic Demography -- Demography Defined -- Basic Paradigms in Demography -- Topics Treated in Linguistic Demography -- Related Academic Fields -- Sociolinguistics -- Linguistic Anthropology -- Sources and Quality of Data -- Sources of Data on Language Use -- Population Censuses -- National Sample Surveys and Administrative Records -- Other Record Sources -- Compilations of Languages -- Quality of Survey Data -- Political Intervention -- Evaluation of Census Data -- Methods in Demography and Linguistics -- Some Basic Methods in Demography -- Life Table Construction -- Social Network Analysis -- Ecological Analysis -- Standardization -- Indirect Demographic Methods -- Some Basic Methods in Linguistics -- Ethnographic Field Methods -- Comparative and Historical Linguistic Analysis -- Archaeological Research -- Evolutionary Analysis -- DNA Analysis -- Personal Names Analysis -- Other Methods -- General Statistical Methods -- Sample Survey Methods -- Focus Groups -- Regression Analysis -- Mapping Devices -- Computer Modeling and Simulation -- Scaling of Variation -- The New Media and ``Big Data´´ -- International Demographic Trends -- Literacy -- Basic and Functional Literacy -- Quality of Literacy Data -- References and Suggested Readings -- Basic Concepts of Linguistic Demography and Sociolinguistics -- Sources and Quality of Data -- Methods -- Chapter 2: The Language of Demography and Sociolinguistics -- Introduction
Abstract:
Terminology of Demography -- The Problem -- Illustrations -- Aging and Its Variants -- Old -- Homelessness (in France) -- The Two Faces of the Longevity Dividend -- Cognates that Disagree -- Political Correctness/Taboo Language in Demographic Terminology -- Sensitivity of Racial/Ethnic Terms: Nonwhites, Colored Persons, or Persons of Color -- Hispanic vs. Latino/a vs. Chicano/a -- Hungry/Very Low Food Security -- Illegal or Undocumented Immigrants -- Health Issues: War of Words -- A Brief List of Controversial Terms Relating to Health Conditions -- The Terminology of Sociolinguistics -- The Problem -- Other Illustrations -- Linguistically Isolated -- Limited English Proficient vs English Language Learner -- Bilingual Education vs English Language Acquisition -- Spanglish vs Spanish -- Linguistic Diversity/Multilingualism -- Foreign Language -- Professional Jargon -- Communicating with Health Providers -- Use and Structure of Dictionaries, Glossaries, and Thesauruses -- Dictionaries -- Glossaries -- Thesauruses -- References and Recommended Readings -- Terminology of Collection, Tabulation, and Publication -- Standardization of Technological Terminology -- Communicating with Older Adults -- Discourse Between Health Provider and Patient -- Dictionnaries, Thesauruses, and Glossaries -- Tables and Charts as Symbolic Representations of Reality -- Chapter 3: Ethnicity, and Language as an Ethnic Identifier -- The Concept of Ethnicity and Its Issues -- The Concept of Ethnicity -- Measurement of Ethnicity -- Issues in Measuring Ethnicity -- Methods of Measuring Ethnicity -- Searching for Alternatives -- Relation of Language and Ethnicity -- Language as Ethnic Identifier -- Role of Language in Reviving or Solidifying an Ethnic Identity -- Language an Incomplete Ethnic Identifier -- Language Rejected as Ethnic Identifier -- Ethnicity, Language, and Race
Abstract:
U.S. Experience -- Ethnicity as Race -- Hispanic Ethnicity in the United States Census and ACS -- Relation of Language, Ethnicity, Ancestry, and Country of Birth -- Relationship of Language to Nationality and Nationalism -- Language in the Changing ``Discourse on a Nation´´ -- The Finnish Nationalistic Movement -- The Basque Nationalistic Movement -- The Irish of Northern Ireland -- Relationship of Language, Ethnicity, and Religion -- Relationship of Language, Ethnicity, and Personal Names -- Uses -- Applications -- Method of Deriving and Applying a Surname List -- Limitations of the Surname Procedure -- Managing and Evaluating the Quality of Ethnic Data -- Forename-Surname Analysis -- Naming Networks -- Compiling Cultural-Ethnic-Language Groups (CELG) from Name Lists -- Summary Note -- Some Illustrative Country Profiles -- Canada -- China -- Israel -- Turkey -- Ethical/Political Considerations in the Collection of Language/Ethnicity Data -- References and Suggested Readings -- Ethnicity, General -- Language, Race, and Ethnicity -- Language, Nationalism/Nationality, and Ethnicity -- Language, Religion, and Ethnicity -- Language, Ethnicity, and Personal Names -- Ethical/Political Issues -- Part II: United States Experience -- Chapter 4: Language Inquiries in U.S. Censuses, National Sample Surveys, and Other Collection Instruments -- Legal Basis for Collection of Language and Related Data in the Decennial Census and the American Community Survey -- The Constitution and Title 13 -- Meeting Federal Needs -- Education -- Other Government Services -- Language Questions in U. S. Censuses and National Sample Surveys -- U.S. Decennial Censuses -- 1910 to 1930 -- 1940 to 1970 -- 1980, 1990, and 2000 -- Language-Use Questions in National Sample Surveys -- American Community Survey -- Current Population Survey -- Survey of Income and Program Participation
Abstract:
Limitations of Language Questions -- Some Analytical Concepts -- Ethnicity Items on Principal U.S. Decennial Census Questionnaires, 1950 to 2000 -- Literacy Questions in the U.S. Censuses -- References and Suggested Readings -- Chapter 5: Measurement of Language Use and Language Proficiency, and Literacy and Its Analysis -- Measurement of Language Use -- Types of Language-Use Questions -- Mother Tongue -- Language Spoken at Home -- Language Spoken in the Home before Coming to the Country -- Main Language and Variants -- Limitations of Language-Use Questions -- Evaluation of Census and Survey Data -- Measurement of Language Proficiency and Its Determinants -- Range of Language Use -- Measurement of Language Proficiency -- Self-Reported Proficiency -- Actual Test of Ability in a Language -- Linguistically Isolated Households/Limited English-Speaking Households -- Determinants of Acquiring Proficiency in a Second Language -- Measures of Exposure -- Years of Residence in Host Country -- Residing in Ethnic Enclaves -- Population 5 years and over in area A reporting the same non-English language as the respondent -- Family Situation -- Measures of Efficiency -- Age and Education -- Linguistic/Language Distance -- Economic Factors and Geographic Distance -- Major Findings on Determinants of Language Proficiency -- Cohort Analysis in Linguistic Studies -- Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on Age-Specific Linguistic Measures -- Concept of a Cohort -- Meaning of APC Effects -- Age Effect -- Period Effects -- Cohort Effect -- Determining the Contribution of the Three Effects -- Other Types of Cohorts -- Literacy and Illiteracy -- Concepts and Measures of Basic Literacy and Illiteracy -- Definition -- Sources and Evaluation of Data -- Analytic Measures -- Couple and Household Measures -- Functional Illiteracy -- Literacy Assessment and Monitoring Programme (LAMP)
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Functional Illiteracy Rate (Ratio) -- Literacy Studies -- References and Suggested Readings -- General -- Measurement of Language Use -- Determinants of English Language Proficiency -- Age, Period, and Cohort Analysis -- Literacy -- Chapter 6: Language as a Factor in the Quality of Demographic Data and Translation Issues in the Management of Surveys -- The Problem -- General Sources of Error -- Errors Related to Lack of Proficiency in the National Language -- Managing Language Differences -- Policy Issues in a Language-Assistance Program -- Securing Survey Returns for Dominant-Language-Deficient Respondents -- Guidelines for Translations -- Translated Questionnaires and Self-Enumeration -- Simple Translation/ASQ Model -- Adaptive Translation -- Extended Adaptive Translation -- Back-Translation -- Review of Translation of Data Collection Instruments and Related Materials -- Issues in Interpreting as an Interviewing Process -- Case Studies -- Testing the Translation of the AHS Questionnaire -- The Tampere, Finland, and St Petersburg, Russia, Study -- The International Adult Literacy Survey -- Non-response Follow-up Census Enumeration of Chinese in San Francisco´s Chinatown -- Using Administrative Records and Interviewing Centenarians in the Blue Zones -- Cognitive Interviewing -- Appendices -- Appendix 6.1. Translation as a Tool in Social Research and the Scope of the Translator/Interpreter Industry -- Translation as a Tool in Social Research -- Translation/Interpreting Now a Sizeable Industry -- Translation in Particular Social Domains -- Translation Contributing to English´s Role as World lingua franca -- Appendix 6.2. Machine Translation -- Nature, Use, and Effectiveness -- Translation Systems -- Rule-Based Systems -- Corpus-Based Systems -- Statistics-Based Systems -- Hybrid Systems -- Google´s Neural System -- Some Continuing Problems
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References and Suggested Readings
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