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



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Autore: Johnson Fern L Visualizza persona
Titolo: Speaking culturally [[electronic resource] ] : language diversity in the United States / / Fern L. Johnson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 365 p.) : ill
Disciplina: 306.440973
Soggetto topico: Language and culture - United States
Linguistic minorities - United States
Language and languages - Variation
Multilingualism - United States
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Speaking culturally  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4522-2177-4
0-8039-5911-7
1-322-41296-0
1-4522-3861-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785982603321
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