The Hmong Language in Wisconsin : Language Shift and Pragmatic Change.

This work demonstrates the change in how speakers use language to request, thank, and perform other interpersonal verbal tasks in Hmong, an immigrant language now spoken in Wisconsin, Minnesota and California, as well as in its native Laos. Since the changes that have taken place in Hmong follow dir...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burt, Susan Meredith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
Temas:
Hmong language > Wisconsin > Usage.
Hmong language > United States > Usage.
English language > Influence on Hmong.
Languages in contact.
Linguistic change.
Langues en contact.
Changement linguistique.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Southeast Asian Languages.
Languages & Literatures.
East Asian Languages & Literatures.
United States.
Wisconsin.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This work demonstrates the change in how speakers use language to request, thank, and perform other interpersonal verbal tasks in Hmong, an immigrant language now spoken in Wisconsin, Minnesota and California, as well as in its native Laos. Since the changes that have taken place in Hmong follow directly from the language's extended contact with American English, this book illustrates the localized, specific, pragmatic effects of language globalization on a small, displaced language community.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (287 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780773417335
0773417338

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