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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825019803321

Autore

Fishman Joshua A

Titolo

The rise and fall of the ethnic revival : perspectives on language and ethnicity / / Joshua A. Fishman [and three others] ; assisted by Silvia Burunat [and seven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton, , [1985]

©1985

ISBN

3-11-086388-X

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (547 p.)

Collana

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 37

Altri autori (Persone)

BurunatSilvia

Disciplina

306/.4

Soggetti

Language and culture - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, THE ETHNIC REVIVAL AND THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC ENTERPRISE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (by the senior author) -- I HISTORICAL, CROSS-CULTURAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LANGUAGE AND ETHNICITY -- II THE "ETHNIC REVIVAL" AND LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE IN THE AMERICAN CONTEXT -- III THE ETHNIC MOTHER-TONGUE PRESS AND SCHOOLS AS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS -- IV ETHNOLINGUISTIC PLURALISM IN HERDERIAN AND WHORFIAN PERSPECTIVE -- Epilogue: The Rise and Fall of the "Ethnic Revival" in the USA -- INDEX