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Linguistic superdiversity in urban areas : research approaches /
Globalization poses challenges to sociolinguistics. The main challenge is to come to terms with the phenomenology of sociolinguistic globalization. This phenomenology touches four domains: proper globalization effects on language, the effect of globalization on migration patterns and immigrant commu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2013.
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| Colección: | Hamburg studies on linguistic diversity ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Linguistic Superdiversity in Urban Areas; Editorial page ; Title page ; LCC data ; Untitled; Financial support page; List of contributors ; Introduction ; 1. Preamble ; 2. The superdiversity framework ; 2.1 The dynamics of migration and growing diversity ; 2.2 Research on linguistic diversity: "New repertoires" ; 2.2 Methodological issues ; 3. Education in linguistic superdiverse societies
- research and methods ; 4. A traditional attempt to capture linguistic diversity: The case of "bilingual education" ; 5. Introduction to the volume ; 5.1 Acknowledgements ; References.
- Capturing superdiversityUsing correspondence analysis to model immigrant multilingualism over time ; Using correspondence analysis to model immigrant multilingualism over time ; Modeling multilingualism ; Correspondence analysis: A brief explanation ; Basic concepts ; Visual representation in two- or three-dimensional maps ; Multiple correspondence analysis ; Cross-sectional model of immigrant language proficiency, use, and practices ; The data: Older Spanish-English, Puerto Rican bilingual/biculturals ; Results of the multiple correspondence analysis.
- Maps of modalities and supplementary points Maps of individuals ; Longitudinal model of immigrant language proficiency, use, and practices ; First method: A repeated measures, longitudinal analysis ; The data: A constructed longitudinal data set with three time points ; Results of analysing a repeated measures data set ; Second method: A transitions analysis ; The data: A constructed longitudinal data set with two time points ; Results of analysing the transition matrix ; Discussion and conclusion ; References ; Capturing diversity ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Linguistic diversity in Hamburg.
- 2.2 A focal point of urban diversity: Hamburg St. Georg 3. A functional-pragmatic perspective on language and society ; 4. Capturing written forms of linguistic diversity: Linguistic landscaping ; 4.1 Linguistic landscaping as a means to investigate linguistic diversity ; 4.2 Unit of analysis ; 4.3 St. Georg's linguistic diversity on public signs: A quantitative approach ; 4.4 A microanalytic approach to the linguistic landscape of St. Georg ; 5. Capturing oral forms of linguistic diversity: Linguistic soundscaping ; 5.1 Origins of the study of the soundscape.
- 5.2 From soundscape to linguistic soundscaping 5.3 Methods of linguistic soundscaping ; 5.4 Some preliminary findings on "linguistic soundscapes" in St. Georg ; 6. Summary and discussion ; Acknowledgements ; References ; Measuring language diversity in urban ecosystems ; Introduction ; How can diversity be measured? ; Scanning the field ; Deriving the indices ; Applying the indices to language ; A case in point: Language diversity in St. Georg ; Object of investigation ; Method and procedure ; Results ; Discussion ; General remarks ; Summary ; References ; Language acquisition and practice.