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UNINA9910785982603321 |
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Autore |
Johnson Fern L |
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Titolo |
Speaking culturally [[electronic resource] ] : language diversity in the United States / / Fern L. Johnson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-4522-2177-4 |
0-8039-5911-7 |
1-322-41296-0 |
1-4522-3861-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 365 p.) : ill |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language and culture - United States |
Linguistic minorities - United States |
Language and languages - Variation |
Multilingualism - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-354) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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