Description
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the concept of language allegiances, and, more broadly, language-based identities in a multilingual society such as the US. The guiding theme of the chapters that comprise this volume is the identification of specific beliefs and attitudes towards language, and how these lead to particular actions in the spheres of language ideology, legal litigation, educational agendas, political strategies and cultural identities. The authors share the idea that, whether it is based on reality or a perception of reality, there is a privileged connection between language and identity.
Trade ReviewThis book offers a well-made selection of illuminating perspectives on the relation between language and identity in the United States. The contributors - an all-star cast - study the conditions under which beliefs and attitudes towards language are produced and survey the roles they play and effects they have within the fields of culture, education, and politics. With this volume, the sociology of language takes a step forward in its long-standing effort to produce a coherent articulation of language and politics as an object of research.
-- José del Valle, The Graduate Center - CUNY, USA
The chapters in the book are engaging, critical and current, in that they present the political and social discourses at the micro and macro level - something to imbue our thinking.
-- Nydia Flores-Ferran, Department of Spanish and Portugese, Rutgers State University * The Journal of Sociolinguistics *
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Language Allegiances - Rafael Salaberry
Chapter 2: Language attitudes and linguistic outcomes in Reading, Pennsylvania - Jacqueline Toribio
Chapter 3: A Sociolinguistic View of Speech Sciences - Nancy Niedzielski
Chapter 4: Linguistic Profiling: The Linguistic Point of View - Dennis R. Preston
Chapter 5: The Bilingual’s Hoarse Voice: Losing Rights in Two Languages - Sandra Del Valle
Chapter 6: Problems with the ‘language-as-resource’ discourse in the promotion of heritage languages in the USA - Thomas Ricento
Chapter 7: English Hegemony and the Politics of Ethno-Linguistic Justice in the United States - Ronald Schmidt
Chapter 8: Livin' and Teachin' la lengua loca: Glocalizing U.S. Spanish ideologies and practices - Ofelia García
Chapter 9: Bilingual education: Assimilation, segregation and integration - Rafael Salaberry
