Languaging Diversity

Author : Matthias Brenzinger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110905694

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Language Diversity Endangered by Matthias Brenzinger Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive overview of endangered languages with a global coverage. It features such well-known specialists as Michael Krauss, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Denny Moore, Colette Grinevald, Akira Yamamoto, Roger Blench, Bruce Connell, Tapani Salminen, Olga Kazakevich, Aleksandr Kibrik, Jonathan Owens, David Bradley, George van Driem, Nicholas Evans, Stephen A. Wurm, Darrell Tryon and Matthias Brenzinger. The contributions are unique in analysing the present extent and the various kinds of language endangerment by applying shared general indicators for the assessment of language endangerment. Apart from presenting the specific situations of language endangerment at the sub-continental level, the volume discusses major issues that bear universally on language endangerment. The actual study of endangered languages is carefully examined, for example, against the ethics and pragmatics of fieldwork. Practical aspects of community involvement in language documentation are discussed, such as the setting up of local archives and the training of local linguists. Numerous case studies illustrate different language shift environments with specific replacing factors, such as colonial and religious conquests, migrations and governmental language education. The book is of interest to students and scholars of linguistics with particular focus on endangered languages (and their documentation), typology, and sociolinguistics as well as to anthropologists and language activists.

Author : John A. Lucy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1992-07-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521387973

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Language Diversity and Thought by John A. Lucy Pdf

An examination of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis on the relationship between grammar and thought.

Author : David Corson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135662981

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Language Diversity and Education by David Corson Pdf

This introductory text for students of linguistics, language, and education provides background and up-to-date information and resources that beginning researchers need for studying language diversity and education. Three framing chapters offer an update on the philosophy of social research, revealing how important language is for all the processes of learning in which humans engage, whether it is learning about the world through education, or learning about the nature of social life through research in the human sciences. These chapters also review the links between language, power, and social justice, and look at dynamic changes occurring in "language diversity and education" research. Four central chapters give state-of-the-art, comprehensive coverage to the chief areas of language diversity that affect the practice of education: standard and non-standard varieties; different cultural discourse norms; bilingual and ESL education; and gendered discourse norms. This book is intended for graduate students of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, the social psychology of language, anthropological linguistics, and other related disciplines; and graduate students of education, including in-service teachers taking advanced professional development courses. Special features enhance its usefulness as a text for courses in these areas: * A clear, jargon free writing style invites careful reading. * All ideas are well within the range that graduate students in the language disciplines or in education can relate to their work, but theoretical ideas are kept to a necessary minimum and linked with practical examples in every case. * Extensive references guide readers to the book's up-to-date, international, and cross-cultural bibliography. * "Discussion Starter" questions at the end of each chapter highlight key points and stimulate informed, reflective discussion.

Author : Luisa Maffi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : UGA:32108032335468

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On Biocultural Diversity by Luisa Maffi Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Kimball
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780822988137

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Translingual Inheritance by Elizabeth Kimball Pdf

Honorable Mention, Rhetoric Society of America Book Award Translingual Inheritance tells a new story of the early days of democracy in the United States, when English had not yet become the only dominant language. Drawing on translingual theory, which exposes how language use contrasts with the political constructions of named languages, Elizabeth Kimball argues that Philadelphians developed complex metalinguistic conceptions of what language is and how it mattered in their relations. In-depth chapters introduce the democratically active communities of Philadelphia between 1750 and 1830 and introduce the three most populous: Germans, Quakers (the Society of Friends), and African Americans. These communities had ways of knowing and using their own languages to create identities and serve the common good outside of English. They used these practices to articulate plans and pedagogies for schools, exercise their faith, and express the promise of the young democracy. Kimball draws on primary sources and archival texts that have been little seen or considered to show how citizens consciously took on the question of language and its place in building their young country and how such practice is at the root of what made democracy possible.

Author : Anneke Forzani
Publisher : Language Lizard Bilingual Livi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1636851053

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ما که هستيم؟ درى--انگليسى by Anneke Forzani Pdf

Who Are We? helps us to understand and appreciated the diversity in our community. This bilingual book in Dari and English, part of the Language Lizard Living in Harmony Series, includes access to free lesson plans and fun activities to support diversity education.

Author : Kendall A. King,Natalie Schilling,Lyn Wright Fogle,Jia Jackie Lou,Barbara Soukup
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781589014169

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Sustaining Linguistic Diversity by Kendall A. King,Natalie Schilling,Lyn Wright Fogle,Jia Jackie Lou,Barbara Soukup Pdf

In the last three decades the field of endangered and minority languages has evolved rapidly, moving from the initial dire warnings of linguists to a swift increase in the number of organizations, funding programs, and community-based efforts dedicated to documentation, maintenance, and revitalization. Sustaining Linguistic Diversity brings together cutting-edge theoretical and empirical work from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Together, these contributions provide a state-of-the-art overview of current work in defining, documenting, and developing the world's smaller languages and language varieties. The book begins by grappling with how we define endangerment—how languages and language varieties are best classified, what the implications of such classifications are, and who should have the final say in making them. The contributors then turn to the documentation and description of endangered languages and focus on best practices, methods and goals in documentation, and on current field reports from around the globe. The latter part of the book analyzes current practices in developing endangered languages and dialects and particular language revitalization efforts and outcomes in specific locations. Concluding with critical calls from leading researchers in the field to consider the human lives at stake, Sustaining Linguistic Diversity reminds scholars, researchers, practitioners, and educators that linguistic diversity can only be sustained in a world where diversity in all its forms is valued.

Author : Richard Barwell,Philip Clarkson,Anjum Halai,Mercy Kazima,Judit Moschkovich,Núria Planas,Mamokgethi Setati-Phakeng,Paola Valero,Martha Villavicencio Ubillús
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319145112

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Mathematics Education and Language Diversity by Richard Barwell,Philip Clarkson,Anjum Halai,Mercy Kazima,Judit Moschkovich,Núria Planas,Mamokgethi Setati-Phakeng,Paola Valero,Martha Villavicencio Ubillús Pdf

*THIS BOOK WILL SOON BECOME AVAILABLE AS OPEN ACCESS BOOK* This book examines multiple facets of language diversity and mathematics education. It features renowned authors from around the world and explores the learning and teaching of mathematics in contexts that include multilingual classrooms, indigenous education, teacher education, blind and deaf learners, new media and tertiary education. Each chapter draws on research from two or more countries to illustrate important research findings, theoretical developments and practical strategies. This open access book examines multiple facets of language diversity

Author : Catherine Fuchs,Stéphane Robert
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999-11-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027284501

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Language Diversity and Cognitive Representations by Catherine Fuchs,Stéphane Robert Pdf

Significant new developments in brain activity research have revived the debate on the universality of language and its neural basis. Within this debate, the question of language diversity and its implications for cognition remains central and controversial. It is here investigated in an original multimodal approach, covering various aspects of cross-linguistic variation, differences between spoken, signed and drum languages, between normal speech and pathological speech, and also between language and music, as revealed in electric brain activity associated with language processing. The various contributions (linguistic, anthropological, psychological and neurophysical) on the nature and status of variation and invariants in language provides evidence for complex interactions between language-specific processes and general cognitive faculties. This overview of some recent trends in cognitive linguistics opens up a promising new research area in the humanities as well as in the cognitive sciences.

Author : Giuseppe Balirano
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443876889

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Languaging Diversity by Giuseppe Balirano Pdf

Languaging Diversity: Identities, Genres, Discourses is a suggestive title for ‘another’ book in the field of linguistics, but what does it actually mean? By choosing to speak of Languaging Diversity and not just of difference, otherness, varieties, multiplicity, hybridity or alterity, the editors cover the whole range of meanings in the entire field of diversity. They do not wish to limit themselves by using such specific words with increasingly specialised connotations as Alterity or Other, but rather to allow an eclectic range of perspectives and issues to come to the fore. This volume brings together some of the manifold discourses emerging as bearers of the values of alterity, by exploring the thorny relationship between Language and Diversity. Drawing on the crucial assumption that speakers’ identities are dynamically negotiated as discourse unfolds, Languaging Diversity explores the wide theme of identity in discourse, an area of investigation which has become increasingly popular in recent years. A key theme in assembling this volume was that the relationship between diversity and identity cannot be alienated from the factual distribution of material resources in society. All contributions in the volume – carefully selected and peer reviewed – at least partially react to such critical scenery in order to explore the topics surrounding the modes in which diversity is linguistically articulated by and in discourse. The various studies deal with how individuals draw on linguistic resources to achieve, maintain or challenge representations pertaining to their cultural, social, ethnic, sexual, gender, professional, or institutional identities. The volume comprises six sections: In the News; In Politics; Constructing Identities; Across Generations and Genders; Ethnicities; and Popularising Ideas. Each section reflects the choice of the various topics through the employment of a variety of methodologies and a variety of theoretical frameworks. As such, this volume is an innovative attempt to challenge the present-day underpinnings of diversity studies.

Author : Sandra Levey,Susan Polirstok
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412994743

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Language Development by Sandra Levey,Susan Polirstok Pdf

Language Development: Understanding Language Diversity in the Classroom offers comprehensive coverage of the language development process for pre- and in-service teachers while emphasizing the factors that further academic success in the classroom, including literacy skills, phonological awareness, and narrative. With chapters written by respected specialists in various fields, this interdisciplinary text illuminates the impact of language development on learning success and distinguishes between language differences and disorders, integrating illustrative case studies as well as helpful classroom strategies that teachers can implement right away.

Author : Geneva Smitherman,Victor Villanueva
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780809325320

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Language Diversity in the Classroom by Geneva Smitherman,Victor Villanueva Pdf

It’s no secret that, in most American classrooms, students are expected to master standardized American English and the conventions of Edited American English if they wish to succeed. Language Diversity in the Classroom: From Intention to Practice works to realign these conceptions through a series of provocative yet evenhanded essays that explore the ways we have enacted and continue to enact our beliefs in the integrity of the many languages and Englishes that arise both in the classroom and in professional communities. Edited by Geneva Smitherman and Victor Villanueva, the collection was motivated by a survey project on language awareness commissioned by the National Council of Teachers of English and the Conference on College Composition and Communication. All actively involved in supporting diversity in education, the contributors address the major issues inherent in linguistically diverse classrooms: language and racism, language and nationalism, and the challenges in teaching writing while respecting and celebrating students’ own languages. Offering historical and pedagogical perspectives on language awareness and language diversity, the essays reveal the nationalism implicit in the concept of a “standard English,” advocate alternative training and teaching practices for instructors at all levels, and promote the respect and importance of the country’s diverse dialects, languages, and literatures. Contributors include Geneva Smitherman, Victor Villanueva, Elaine Richardson, Victoria Cliett, Arnetha F. Ball, Rashidah Jammi` Muhammad, Kim Brian Lovejoy, Gail Y. Okawa, Jan Swearingen, and Dave Pruett. The volume also includes a foreword by Suresh Canagarajah and a substantial bibliography of resources about bilingualism and language diversity.

Author : Henning Klöter,Mårten Söderblom Saarela
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000201482

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Language Diversity in the Sinophone World by Henning Klöter,Mårten Söderblom Saarela Pdf

Language Diversity in the Sinophone World offers interdisciplinary insights into social, cultural, and linguistic aspects of multilingualism in the Sinophone world, highlighting language diversity and opening up the burgeoning field of Sinophone studies to new perspectives from sociolinguistics. The book begins by charting historical trajectories in Sinophone multilingualism, beginning with late imperial China through to the emergence of English in the mid-19th century. The volume uses this foundation as a jumping off point from which to provide an in-depth comparison of modern language planning and policies throughout the Sinophone world, with the final section examining multilingual practices not readily captured by planning frameworks and the ideologies, identities, repertoires, and competences intertwined within these different multilingual configurations. Taken together, the collection makes a unique sociolinguistic-focused intervention into emerging research in Sinophone studies and will be of interest to students and scholars within the discipline.

Author : Kim Potowski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139491266

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Language Diversity in the USA by Kim Potowski Pdf

What are the most widely spoken non-English languages in the USA? How did they reach the USA? Who speaks them, to whom, and for what purposes? What changes do these languages undergo as they come into contact with English? This book investigates the linguistic diversity of the USA by profiling the twelve most commonly used languages other than English. Each chapter paints a portrait of the history, current demographics, community characteristics, economic status, and language maintenance of each language group, and looks ahead to the future of each language. The book challenges myths about the 'official' language of the USA, explores the degree to which today's immigrants are learning English and assimilating into the mainstream, and discusses the relationship between linguistic diversity and national unity. Written in a coherent and structured style, Language Diversity in the USA is essential reading for advanced students and researchers in sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and education.

Author : Eleni Skourtou,Vasilia Kourtis-Kazoullis,Themistoklis Aravossitas,Peter Pericles Trifonas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 3030283984

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Language Diversity in Greece by Eleni Skourtou,Vasilia Kourtis-Kazoullis,Themistoklis Aravossitas,Peter Pericles Trifonas Pdf

This volume explores how linguistic and cultural diversity in Greece, caused by various waves of emigration and immigration, has transformed Greek society and its educational system. It examines the country’s current linguistic diversity, which is characterised by the languages of immigrants, repatriates, refugees, Roma, Muslim minorities, and Pomaks as well as linguistic varieties and dialects; and how schools and the state have designed and implemented programmes to deal with the significant educational challenges posed by these culturally and linguistically diverse groups. In this regard, the book takes into account the nature and evolution of Greek society; Greece’s traditional role as a labour-exporting country with a long history of migration to other countries; and major political, economic and social developments, such as the collapse of communism, the opening of borders in Eastern Europe, and the influx of immigrants from Muslim countries.