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Ethnolinguistic Chicago : language and literacy in the city's neighborhoods /
Often cited as a quintessential American city, Chicago is and always has been a city of immigrants, and is one of the most linguistically diverse cities in the United States. Language is central to social identity, this work look at the related issues of language and ethnicity.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Mahwah, N.J. :
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 INTRODUCTION: LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY IN A GLOBAL CITY; 2 LANGUAGE POLICY IN ILLINOIS: PAST AND PRESENT; 3 SIGNIFYING LAUGHTER AND THE SUBTLETIES OF LOUD-TALKING: MEMORY AND MEANING IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S DISCOURSE; 4 PERSONAL STORYTELLING: WORKING-CLASS AND MIDDLE-CLASS MOTHERS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; 5 IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN DISCOURSE: GENDER TENSIONS AMONG GREEK AMERICANS IN CHICAGO; 6 A LITERACY EVENT IN AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES: THE SERMON AS A COMMUNITY TEXT.
- 7 "BLESS THIS LITTLE TIME WE STAYED HERE": PRAYERS OF INVOCATION AS MEDIATION OF IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE AMONG NIGERIANS IN CHICAGO8 THE ARAB ACCOUNTANT AS LANGUAGE MEDIATOR; 9 THEY DID NOT FORGET THEIR SWEDISH: CLASS MARKERS IN THE SWEDISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY; 10 ITALIAN PATTERNS IN THE AMERICAN COLLANDIA LADIES' CLUB: HOW DO WOMEN MAKE BELLA FIGURA?; 11 LITHUANIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE USE AMONG EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY LITHUANIAN IMMIGRANTS IN CHICAGO; 12 CLASS IDENTITY AND THE POLITICS OF DISSENT.