ISBN:
9780511809880
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 502 Seiten)
Edition:
First published
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Language in the USA
DDC:
409.73
Keywords:
United States ; Languages
;
United States Languages
;
United States Languages
;
United States Languages
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Amerikanisches Englisch
;
Sprachvariante
;
Sprachpolitik
;
Soziolinguistik
;
Geschichte 2000-
Abstract:
This textbook provides a comprehensive survey of current language issues in the USA. Through a series of specially commissioned chapters by leading scholars, it explores the nature of language variation in the United States and its social, historical and political significance. The book is divided into three sections. Part I, American English, explores the history and distinctiveness of American English, and regional and social varieties. Part II, Other Language Varieties, looks at multilingualism and linguistic diversity. Part III, The Sociolinguistic Situation in the USA includes chapters on attitudes to language, language and education, Rap and Hip Hop, and adolescent language. It also explores issues such as the Ebonics controversy and the English Only movement. Clear, accessible and broad in its coverage, this book will be welcomed by students across the disciplines of English, Linguistics, Communication, American Studies and Popular Culture, as well as anyone interested more generally in language-related issues.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
,
pt. 1: American English
,
American English: its origins and history
,
Native American languages
,
American sign language
,
Asian American voices
,
pt. 3: The Sociolinguistic Situation
,
Language ideology and language prejudice
,
Adolescent language
,
Language attitudes to speech
,
American English and its distinctiveness
,
Regional dialects
,
Social varieties of American English
,
African American English
,
The dictionary of American regional English
,
pt. 2: Other Language Varieties Multilingualism and non-English mother tongues
,
Creole languages forging new identities
,
Spanish in the Northeast
,
Spanish in the Southwest
,
Linguistic diversity and English language acquisition
,
Ebonics and its controversy
,
Language planning, language policy, and the English-only Movement
,
Language in Education
,
Hip Hop Nation Language
,
Language, gender and sexuality
,
Language identity and community in American literature
,
The language of doctors and patients
,
The language of cyberspace
,
Adolescent language
,
pt. 1: American English ; American English: its origins and history
,
pt. 3: The Sociolinguistic Situation ; Language ideology and language prejudice
,
Native American languages
,
American sign language
,
Asian American voices
,
Language attitudes to speech
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511809880
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