Spanish Language Use and Public Life in the United States
Spanish Language Use and Public Life in the United States

Author: Lucía Elías-Olivares

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2015-03-10

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 3110852535

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Talking Texts
Talking Texts

Author: Rosalind Horowitz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 646

ISBN-13: 1351547143

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This volume examines how oral and written language function in school learning , and how oral texts can be successfully inter-connected to the written texts that are used on a daily basis in schools. Rather than argue for the prominence of one over the other, the goal is to help the reader gain a rich understanding of how both might work together to create a new discourse that ultimately creates new knowledge. Talking Texts: Provides historical background for the study of talk and text Presents examples of children’s and adolescents’ natural conversations as analyzed by linguists Addresses talk as it interfaces with domains of knowledge taught in schools to show how talk is related to and may be influenced by the structure, language, and activities of a specific discipline. Bringing together seminal lines of research to create a cohesive picture of discourse issues germane to classrooms and other learning settings, this volume is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, classroom teachers, and curriculum specialists across the fields of discourse studies, literacy and English education, composition studies, language development, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics.

Language and Society
Language and Society

Author: Andrew Simpson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-01-02

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 0190940204

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Language and Society is a broad introduction to the interaction of language and society, intended for undergraduate students majoring in any academic discipline. The book discusses the complex socio-political roles played by large, dominant languages around the world and how the growth of major national and official languages is threatening the continued existence of smaller, minority languages. As individuals adopt new ways of speaking, many languages are disappearing, others are evolving into hybrid languages with distinctive new forms, and even long-established languages are experiencing significant change, with young speakers creating novel expressions and innovative pronunciations. Making use of a wide range of case studies selected from the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, Andrew Simpson describes and explains key factors causing language variation and change which relate to societal structures and the expression of group and personal identity. The volume also examines how speakers' knowledge of language acts as an important force controlling access to education, advances in employment and the development of social status. Additional topics discussed in the volume focus on the global growth of English, gendered patterns of language use, and the influence of language on perception.

Ethnic Identity
Ethnic Identity

Author: Martha E. Bernal

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780791413012

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This book provides broad coverage of the various research approaches that have been used to study the development of ethnic identity in children and adolescents and the transmission of ethnic identity across generations. The authors address topics of acculturation and the development and socialization of ethnic minorities--particularly Mexican-Americans. They stress the roles of social and behavioral scientists in government multicultural policies, and the nature of possible ethnic group responses to such policies for cultural maintenance and adaptation.

Latino Voices
Latino Voices

Author: Rodolfo O. de la Garza

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-04-08

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 0429715803

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This book provides basic information about the political values, attitudes and behaviors of Mexican-, Puerto Rican-, and Cuban-origin populations in the United States. It describes the extent to which U.S. citizens of Hispanic origins hold particular views and participate in specific activities.

Dame la Mano
Dame la Mano

Author: Guido Barrientos

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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This bilingual, bicultural study examines the types of stress-producing problems experienced by urban families in El Paso-Cuidad Juárez, Guadalajara, and Saltillo and the extent to which Mexican-American, Anglo-American, and Mexican families utilized mental health facilities and services to help them cope with stress.