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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480321003321

Autore

Johnson Fern L

Titolo

Speaking culturally [[electronic resource] ] : language diversity in the United States / / Fern L. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000

ISBN

1-4522-2177-4

0-8039-5911-7

1-322-41296-0

1-4522-3861-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

306.440973

Soggetti

Language and culture - United States

Linguistic minorities - United States

Language and languages - Variation

Multilingualism - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-354) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - Language in Demographic and Cultural Perspective; Chapter 1 - The Linguistic Environment of the United States; Chapter 2 - The Language System in its Communicative Contexts; Chapter 3 - Cultural Dimensions of Discourse; Part II - Locating Cultural Discourses; Chapter 4 - Gendered Discourses; Chapter 5 - African American Discourse in Cultural and Historical Context; Chapter 6 - Hispanic Peoples and Their Language Patterns; Chapter 7 - Language and Cultural Complexity in Asian American Identities

Part III - Language Consequences and ControversiesChapter 8 - Discourse Consequences: Where Language and Culture Matter; Chapter 9 - Bilingual Education, Ebonics, and the Ideology of ""Standard English""; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Speaking Culturally examines the changing cultural demographics of the United States from a linguistic perspective. The author highlights the discourses associated with gender and with African Americans,



Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans.