Language Allegiances and Bilingualism in the US

M. Rafael Salaberry, M. Rafael Salaberry

• Editorial: Multilingual Matters
• Año: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781847691798
• Categoría: Languages & Linguistics
• Categoría: Linguistics

This book analyses the concept of language allegiances, and, more broadly, language-based identities in a multilingual society such as the US. The guiding theme of the chapters that comprise this volume is the identification of specific beliefs and attitudes towards language, and how these lead to particular actions in the spheres of language ideology, legal litigation, educational agendas, political strategies and cultural identities. The authors share the idea that, whether it is based on reality or a perception of reality, there is a privileged connection between language and identity.

Índice

• Contents
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 Language Allegiances
• Chapter 2 Language Attitudes and Linguistic Outcomes in Reading, Pennsylvania
• Chapter 3 A Sociolinguistic View of Speech Sciences
• Chapter 4 Linguistic Profiling: The Linguistic Point of View
• Chapter 5 The Bilingual’s Hoarse Voice: Losing Rights in Two Languages
• Chapter 6 Problems with the ‘Language-as-Resource’ Discourse in the Promotion of Heritage Languages in the US
• Chapter 7 English Hegemony and the Politics of Ethno-Linguistic Justice in the US
• Chapter 8 Livin’ and Teachin’ la lengua loca: Glocalizing US Spanish Ideologies and Practices
• Chapter 9 Bilingual Education: Assimilation, Segregation and Integration
• References