1688285032     

Language and Identity Politics : A Cross-Atlantic Perspective

1st ed.

New York ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn, 2015 [©2015.]

1 online resource (228 pages)

Englisch

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-78238-943-9

978-1-78238-942-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

84732785X

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

ES 120      Ähnliche Literatur

P119.3

306.449

*Nordamerika ; Europa ; Sprache ; Identitätspolitik      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Sociolinguistics ; Identity politics ; Intercultural communication ; Language and culture -- Political aspects ; Language and languages -- Political aspects

Language and culture - Political aspects ; Electronic books ; Identity politics ; Intercultural communication ; Sociolinguistics ; Language and languages ; Political aspects

Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Language and the Rise of Identity Politics: An Introduction -- Part I - Language and Identity Politics: Theory and Concepts -- Chapter 1 - Language and Collective Identity: Theorizing Complexity -- Chapter 2 - The Politics of Linguistic Identity in Europe: Between the Expression of Power and the Power of Expressivity -- Part II - Language and Collective Identity in Multilingual States -- Chapter 3 - Language and Identity Politics in Belgium -- Chapter 4 - Plurilingualism and Identity Politics: The Case of Switzerland -- Chapter 5 - Languages and Collective Identities in Switzerland: The Case of Bilingual Cantons (Bern, Fribourg, Valais) -- Chapter 6 - Language Rights and Language Endangerment in Canada: The Case of Indigenous Languages -- Part III - Language and Identity Politics in Immigration Societies -- Chapter 7 - Immigrants and the Reframing of Language and National Identity Politics in the United States -- Chapter 8 - Challenges of Diversity: Language and Immigration in Switzerland -- Chapter 9 - Language and the Transformation of Identity Politics in Minority Francophone Communities in Canada: Between Collective Linguistic Identity and Individualistic Integration Policies -- The Problematic Nexus of Language and Identity: Some Concluding Remarks -- Index.