Latino language and literacy in ethnolinguistic Chicago / / edited by Marcia Farr

• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetto topico: Anthropological linguistics - Illinois - Chicago; Hispanic Americans - Illinois - Chicago - Languages
• Altri autori: FarrMarcia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: WITHIN THE FAMILY CIRCLE; PART III: AT SCHOOL; PART IV: WITHIN COMMUNITY SPACES; Afterword; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume--along with its companion Ethnolinguistic Chicago: Language and Literacy in the City's Neighborhoods--fills an important gap in research on Chicago and, more generally, on language use in globalized metropolitan areas. Often cited as a quintessential American city, Chicago is, and always has been, a city of immigrants. It is one of the most linguistically diverse cities in the United States and home to one of the largest and most diverse Latino communities. Although language is unquestionably central to social identity, and Chicago has been well studied by scholars intereste
• Titolo autorizzato: Latino language and literacy in ethnolinguistic Chicago
• ISBN: 9786613722591; 9781135629946; 1135629943; 9781280881282; 1280881283; 9781135629953; 1135629951; 9781410612076; 1410612074
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815925103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II