Languages in America ：A Pluralist View ( 2 )

Publication subTitle ：A Pluralist View

Publication series ：2

Author： Dicker   Susan J  

Publisher： Channel View Publications‎

Publication year： 2003

E-ISBN: 9781853596537

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781853596513

Subject： H0 Linguistics

Keyword： 语言学

Language： ENG

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Description

This book is a response to the debate centring on the languages which immigrants bring with them and presents an argument for language diversity in the US. It tackles common misconceptions about second-language learning, reveals the nativist roots of the official-English movement and describes how other countries nurture language pluralism.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 Language and Identity

Chapter 2 The Melting-Pot Mythology

Chapter 3 Common Misconceptions About Language Learning

Chapter 4 Languages in the Schools

Chapter 5 The Modern Official-English Movement

Chapter 6 Challenges to Language Restrictionism

Chapter 7 Lessons in Multilingualism Beyond the United States

Chapter 8 The Possibilities of a Pluralistic, Multilingual America

Epilogue

References

Index

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