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Linguistic diversity and cultural identity : a global perspective /

The world is becoming more and more intricately multidimensional, both culturally and linguistically. Language is so deeply embedded in culture that cultural identity is defined to a great extent in terms of language. Based on this premise, the loss of one's language contributes to the loss of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lê, Quỳnh, Le, Thao
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.
Colección:Focus on civilizations and cultures.
Languages and linguistics series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • English and its role in Hong Kong cultural identity / Sivanes Phillipson, Michelle R. Raquel and Jan C. Gube
  • Maritime English
  • the need to bridge linguistic and cultural barriers in the international shipping industry / Ulf Schriever
  • Investigating identities through language use: a perspective of discourse analysis / Yongming Shi, Si Fan and Thao Lê
  • Gendered Japanese: a synchronic look at contemporary 'Joseego' / Barry Kavanagh
  • The study of cultural identity in China English / Jingxia Liu and Thao Lê
  • Is cultural capital a catalyst for better career prospects? A case study / Ruth M. H. Wong
  • Us and them in the sun: creating a reader "community" through role modelling / Thomas Hawes
  • From mother-tongue nationalism to plurilingual European citizens: the case of Turkey / Ilknur Pekkanli
  • What room left for reunion creole? Linguistic monopoly, identity and representation / Florence Dupré
  • German language maintenance and shift: the case of Columbus, Ohio / Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner
  • An investigation of individual networks of linguistic contact among Vietnamese origin children in Australia / Thi Minh Phuong Nguyen and Quynh Lê
  • The language rights of Indigenous languages: an approach to maintaining Indonesia's linguistic and cultural diversity / Handoyo Puji Widodo and Aan Erlyana Fardhani
  • The future of Low German
  • results from a sociolinguistic field study / Heiko Wiggers
  • Preserving one's mother tongue: second and third generation Native language loss in immigrant families / Brian O'Sullivan
  • Vietnamese person reference system as an appraisal resource / Thu Thi Bich Ngo and Len Unsworth
  • The significance of the pan-cultural factors of self-concept, friendship, and emotional development on students' learning and identity / Ian Hay and Nathan Simmons
  • Linguistic shock: a challenge to language learning / Si Fan, Yongming Shi and Thao Lê
  • Rap music: language, culture and identity / Yang Yang, Sun Hee Jang and Hoang Boi Nguyen
  • Music and empowerment: educational and cultural perspectives / Mark Huy Lê
  • Impoliteness and face: the pragmatics of insulting in Cameroon Pidgin English / Joseph Nkwain and Thao Lê
  • International students in a new cultural environment / Yun Yue and Quynh Lê
  • Global migration: linguistic and social challenges / Robert MacLeod and Quynh Lê
  • English language teaching materials and learners' cultural identity / Sasan Baleghizadeh
  • A critical perspective on the representation of racial identities in business English course books / Sarah Bedford
  • How to research street kids? Methodological considerations / Mark Huy Lê
  • English as a powerful foreign language in Vietnam / Hoang Boi Nguyen and Thao Lê.