Language of Inequality

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Language of Inequality

Edited by: Nessa Wolfson and Joan Manes

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1985

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Volume 36 | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Sociolinguistics
Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Linguistics, other

i-iv Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	v
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	ix
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xiii
INTRODUCTION
The Language of Imperialism: Unity or Pluralism? Einar Haugen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
SECTION ONE: ORIGINS AND PATTERNS OF DIVERSITY
LANGUAGE CONTACT AND THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Patterns of Sociolinguistic Inequality in Mesoamerica John Fought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	21
The Fate of Spanish in the United States: The Puerto Rican Experience Ana Celia Zentella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	41
The Language of Power in Cree Interethnic Communication Regna Darnell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
PATTERNS OF LANGUAGE CHOICE
Ethnic Relations and Language Use in Montréal Monica Heller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
Catalonia: The Dilemma of Language Rights Kathryn A. Woolard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
The Special Relation of Guarani and Spanish in Paraguay Joan Rubin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	111
LANGUAGE ATTITUDES IN THE COMMUNITY
Vernacular and Standard Swahili as Seen by Members of the Mombasa Swahili Speech Community Benji Wald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
Standard and Non-Standard Language Attitudes in a Creole Continuum John R. Rickford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	145
PATTERNS OF SHIFT AND MAINTENANCE: A QUESTION OF LIFE AND DEATH
The Ultimate Inequality: Linguistic Genocide Richard R. Day Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
The Imperial Languages of the Andes Martha Hardman de Bautista Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	182
Language Maintenance and Language Shift: Some Data from Australia Michael Clyne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	195
The Lively Life of a “Dead“ Language (or “Everyone Knows that Yiddish Died Long Ago”) Joshua A. Fishman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
SECTION TWO: LANGUAGE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
LANGUAGE STANDARDIZATION AND EDUCATIONAL PLANNING: OVERT AND COVERT INFLUENCES
The Social Context of Language Standardization in India Franklin C. Southworth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	225
English, Swahili, or Other Languages? The Relationship of Educational Development Goals to Language of Instruction in Kenya and Tanzania Jane Zuengler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
Linguistic Inequality in Hawaii: The Post-Creole Dilemma Charlene J. Sato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
The Sociology of Language Learning and Teaching in a Creole Situation Dennis R. Craig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273
The New Language Policy in Nigeria: Its Problems and Its Chances of Success Ayorinde Dada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
CLASSROOM INTERACTION AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY
Bilingual Education in Peru and Bolivia Lucy Τ. Briggs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	297
Indian Children in Anglo Classrooms Susan U. Philips Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	311
Expressing Alienation: Creole in the Classroom Viv Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	325
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUNCTIONS OF MULTILINGUALISM
Language and Social Mobility in Singapore Eddie C. Y. Kuo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	337
Sociolinguistic Inequality and Language Problems of Linguistic Minorities in India Hans R. Dua Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	355
The Status of New Guinea Pidgin (Neo-Melanesian) and Attitudes Towards It Stephen Α. Wurm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	373
Language and Development in Africa: The Unequal Equation John Spencer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	387
Diversity in Communication and Languages; Predicament of a Multilingual Nation State: India, A Case Study D. P. Pattanayak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	399
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	409
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June 1, 1985

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411

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110857320

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