An Act to Strike the word "Lunatic" from Federal Law, and for Other Purposes
| An Act to Strike the word "Lunatic" from Federal Law, and for Other Purposes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : [U. S. Government Printing Office], , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
Language policy - United States
Law - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Twenty-first Century Language Act of 2012 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704460703321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : [U. S. Government Printing Office], , [2012] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At war with diversity [[electronic resource] ] : US language policy in an age of anxiety / / James Crawford
| At war with diversity [[electronic resource] ] : US language policy in an age of anxiety / / James Crawford |
| Autore | Crawford James <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clevedon [England] ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.44/973 |
| Collana | Bilingual education and bilingualism |
| Soggetto topico |
Language policy - United States
English language - Political aspects - United States Education, Bilingual - United States Indians of North America - Languages - Revival |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-82788-2
9786610827886 9781853596764 1-85359-676-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Anatomy of the English-only Movement -- Boom to Bust: Official English in the 1990's -- Endangered Native American Languages: What Is To Be Done, and Why? -- Seven Hypotheses on Language Loss -- The Political Paradox of Bilingual Education -- The Proposition 227 Campaign: A Post Mortem -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455771403321 |
Crawford James <1949->
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| Clevedon [England] ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, c2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At war with diversity [[electronic resource] ] : US language policy in an age of anxiety / / James Crawford
| At war with diversity [[electronic resource] ] : US language policy in an age of anxiety / / James Crawford |
| Autore | Crawford James <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clevedon [England] ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.44/973 |
| Collana | Bilingual education and bilingualism |
| Soggetto topico |
Language policy - United States
English language - Political aspects - United States Education, Bilingual - United States Indians of North America - Languages - Revival |
| ISBN |
1-280-82788-2
9786610827886 9781853596764 1-85359-676-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Anatomy of the English-only Movement -- Boom to Bust: Official English in the 1990's -- Endangered Native American Languages: What Is To Be Done, and Why? -- Seven Hypotheses on Language Loss -- The Political Paradox of Bilingual Education -- The Proposition 227 Campaign: A Post Mortem -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780152103321 |
Crawford James <1949->
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| Clevedon [England] ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, c2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At war with diversity : US language policy in an age of anxiety / / James Crawford
| At war with diversity : US language policy in an age of anxiety / / James Crawford |
| Autore | Crawford James <1949-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clevedon [England] ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.44/973 |
| Collana | Bilingual education and bilingualism |
| Soggetto topico |
Language policy - United States
English language - Political aspects - United States Education, Bilingual - United States Indians of North America - Languages - Revival |
| ISBN |
9786610827886
9781853596764 9781280827884 1280827882 9781853596766 1853596760 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Anatomy of the English-only Movement -- Boom to Bust: Official English in the 1990's -- Endangered Native American Languages: What Is To Be Done, and Why? -- Seven Hypotheses on Language Loss -- The Political Paradox of Bilingual Education -- The Proposition 227 Campaign: A Post Mortem -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911103874003321 |
Crawford James <1949->
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| Clevedon [England] ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, c2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At war with diversity : US language policy in an age of anxiety / / James Crawford
| At war with diversity : US language policy in an age of anxiety / / James Crawford |
| Autore | Crawford James <1949-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Channel View Publications, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.44/973 |
| Collana | Bilingual education and bilingualism |
| Soggetto topico |
Language policy - United States
English language - Political aspects - United States Education, Bilingual - United States Indians of North America - Languages - Revival |
| ISBN |
9786610827886
9781853596764 9781280827884 1280827882 9781853596766 1853596760 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Anatomy of the English-only Movement -- Boom to Bust: Official English in the 1990's -- Endangered Native American Languages: What Is To Be Done, and Why? -- Seven Hypotheses on Language Loss -- The Political Paradox of Bilingual Education -- The Proposition 227 Campaign: A Post Mortem -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911148755003321 |
| Crawford James <1949-> | ||
| Channel View Publications, 2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English Language Unity Act of 2011 : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, on H.R. 997, August 2, 2012
| English Language Unity Act of 2011 : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, on H.R. 997, August 2, 2012 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 141 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - United States
Language policy - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | English Language Unity Act of 2011 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910702210703321 |
| Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / / Rosina Lippi-Green
| English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / / Rosina Lippi-Green |
| Autore | Lippi-Green Rosina |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.440973 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Social aspects - United States
English language - Political aspects - United States English language - Variation - United States Speech and social status - United States Language and culture - United States Language policy - United States Discrimination - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-136-59730-1
0-203-34880-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; English with an Accent; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: language ideology or science fiction?; 1. The linguistic facts of life; All spoken language changes; All spoken languages are equal in linguistic terms; Grammaticality does not equal communicative effectiveness; Written language and spoken language are historically, structurally, and functionally fundamentally different creatures; Variation is intrinsic to all spoken language at every level; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes
Suggested further reading2. Language in motion; Changes in progress; r-less in Manhattan; The Northern Cities Chain Shift (NCCS); Lexical variation; Variation in verb morphology: strong and weak verbs; Structured variation: the hidden life of language; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 3. The myth of non-accent; You've got one too; Perspective; The Sound House; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 4. The standard language myth; Standard (American) English; Words about words; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes Suggested further reading5. Language subordination; A model of the language subordination process; Rejecting the gift: the individual's role in the communicative process; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 6. The educational system: fixing the message in stone; The setting of goals; Appropriacy arguments; The results of appropriacy argumentation; Good enough English; Teacher talk; Summary; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 7. Teaching children how to discriminate: (what we learn from the Big Bad Wolf); Storytellers, Inc. The ubiquitous mouseThe wolf's backstory; Talking the talk; Time and place; Disney feature films; Original study methodology; Getting the hang of Technicolor; Lovers and mothers; In short; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 8. The information industry; The voice of authority; Opinion, spin, propaganda; Bad is stronger than good; The 2008 presidential election; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 9. Real people with a real language: the workplace and the judicial system; The nutshell; The Civil Rights Act; The legal process Discrimination in the workplaceSelected court cases; Appendix: the U.S. civil court structure; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 10. The real trouble with Black language; Grammar: resistance is futile; Style, authenticity, and race; Defying the definition; Anglo attitudes toward AAVE; African American attitudes toward AAVE; Where we at; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 11. Hillbillies, hicks, and Southern belles: the language rebels; Defining the South; The Southern Trough; Sounds like home to me; The map in the mind Hostility with a smile |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457726603321 |
Lippi-Green Rosina
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / / Rosina Lippi-Green
| English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / / Rosina Lippi-Green |
| Autore | Lippi-Green Rosina |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.440973 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Social aspects - United States
English language - Political aspects - United States English language - Variation - United States Speech and social status - United States Language and culture - United States Language policy - United States Discrimination - United States |
| ISBN |
1-136-59729-8
1-136-59730-1 0-203-34880-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; English with an Accent; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: language ideology or science fiction?; 1. The linguistic facts of life; All spoken language changes; All spoken languages are equal in linguistic terms; Grammaticality does not equal communicative effectiveness; Written language and spoken language are historically, structurally, and functionally fundamentally different creatures; Variation is intrinsic to all spoken language at every level; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes
Suggested further reading2. Language in motion; Changes in progress; r-less in Manhattan; The Northern Cities Chain Shift (NCCS); Lexical variation; Variation in verb morphology: strong and weak verbs; Structured variation: the hidden life of language; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 3. The myth of non-accent; You've got one too; Perspective; The Sound House; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 4. The standard language myth; Standard (American) English; Words about words; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes Suggested further reading5. Language subordination; A model of the language subordination process; Rejecting the gift: the individual's role in the communicative process; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 6. The educational system: fixing the message in stone; The setting of goals; Appropriacy arguments; The results of appropriacy argumentation; Good enough English; Teacher talk; Summary; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 7. Teaching children how to discriminate: (what we learn from the Big Bad Wolf); Storytellers, Inc. The ubiquitous mouseThe wolf's backstory; Talking the talk; Time and place; Disney feature films; Original study methodology; Getting the hang of Technicolor; Lovers and mothers; In short; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 8. The information industry; The voice of authority; Opinion, spin, propaganda; Bad is stronger than good; The 2008 presidential election; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 9. Real people with a real language: the workplace and the judicial system; The nutshell; The Civil Rights Act; The legal process Discrimination in the workplaceSelected court cases; Appendix: the U.S. civil court structure; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 10. The real trouble with Black language; Grammar: resistance is futile; Style, authenticity, and race; Defying the definition; Anglo attitudes toward AAVE; African American attitudes toward AAVE; Where we at; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 11. Hillbillies, hicks, and Southern belles: the language rebels; Defining the South; The Southern Trough; Sounds like home to me; The map in the mind Hostility with a smile |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778925703321 |
Lippi-Green Rosina
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / Rosina Lippi-Green
| English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / Rosina Lippi-Green |
| Autore | Lippi-Green, Rosina |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New York : Routledge, 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Soggetto topico |
Lingua inglese - Stati Uniti d'America - Aspetti sociali
Lingua inglese - Stati Uniti d'America - Aspetti politici Discriminazioni - Stati Uniti d'America English language - Social aspects - United States English language - Political aspects - United States English language - Variation - United States Speech and social status - United States Language and culture - United States Language policy - United States Discrimination - United States |
| ISBN |
0415114764 (hb)
0415114772 (pbk.) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001309449707536 |
Lippi-Green, Rosina
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| London ; New York : Routledge, 1997 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Language policy and identity politics in the United States [[electronic resource] /] / Ronald Schmidt
| Language policy and identity politics in the United States [[electronic resource] /] / Ronald Schmidt |
| Autore | Schmidt Ronald <1943-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.44/973 |
| Collana | Mapping racisms |
| Soggetto topico |
Language policy - United States
Americanization Cultural pluralism - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4399-0609-2
0-585-38276-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Politics of Language in the United States?; I. The Issues and the Context; 1. Language Policies in Conflict: An Overview; 2. Making Sense of Language Policy Conflict; 3. The Social Foundations of U.S. Language Politics; II. The Arguments; 4. Historical Perspectives on U.S. Identity Politics and Ethnolinguistic Inequality; 5. Language Policy and Equality: The Search for Justice; 6. Language Policy and National Unity: The Search for the Common Good; III. Critique and Reform
7. Flaws at Every Turn: A Critique of Assimilationist, Pluralist, and Confederationist Alternatives8. Pluralistic Integration: Toward Greater Justice and a More Common Good; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455505403321 |
Schmidt Ronald <1943->
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| Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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