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This book will be of special interest to the general reader concerned with the issue of language in the United States, as well as the language specialist and sociolinguist. It has been written to inform those wishing to learn more about the role that languages other than English have had, and continue to have, in the life of the most important United States city, New York.
This book will be of special interest to the general reader concerned with the issue of language in the United States, as well as the language specialist and sociolinguist. It has been written to inform those wishing to learn more about the role that languages other than English have had, and continue to have, in the life of the most important United States city, New York.
At the same time this volume makes an important contribution to the scholarly literature on urban multilingualism and the sociology of language. The book contains chapters on languages of ethnolinguistic groups who arrived early in New York and which have been somewhat silenced (Irish, German, Yiddish), the languages of groups who made early contributions and continue to be heard in the city (Italian, Greek, Spanish, Hebrew), and languages which are acquiring an important voice in the city today (Chinese, Indian languages, English Creoles, Haitian Creole).
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"On the island of Manhate, and in its environs, there may well be four or five hundred men of different sects and nations: The Director General told me that there were men of eighteen different languages." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ethnic tongue, sociolinguistic profile, language maintenance, creole speakers, native born generations, linguistic insecurity, ethnolinguistic groups, linguistic heterogeneity, language shift, language loyalty Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Haitian Creole, Puerto Ricans, Asian Indians, Greek American, West Indian, World War, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Italian Americans, People's Republic of China, North America, Lower East Side, Taiwan Guoyu, Hong Kong, Columbia University, Department of City Planning, Jackson Heights, Pennsylvania German, Caribbean Spanish, Danube Swabians, Latin America, San Francisco, American Jewish New!
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"On the island of Manhate, and in its environs, there may well be four or five hundred men of different sects and nations: The Director General told me that there were men of eighteen different languages." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ethnic tongue, sociolinguistic profile, language maintenance, creole speakers, native born generations, linguistic insecurity, ethnolinguistic groups, linguistic heterogeneity, language shift, language loyalty Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Haitian Creole, Puerto Ricans, Asian Indians, Greek American, West Indian, World War, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Italian Americans, People's Republic of China, North America, Lower East Side, Taiwan Guoyu, Hong Kong, Columbia University, Department of City Planning, Jackson Heights, Pennsylvania German, Caribbean Spanish, Danube Swabians, Latin America, San Francisco, American Jewish New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Greek Americans (Twayne's Immigrant Heritage of America Series) by Alice Scourby on 5 pages
- New Immigrants in New York by Nancy Foner on page 45, page 254, and page 297
- The United States (Countries) by Bob Italia on page 140, and page 141
- Little Brazil by Maxine L. Margolis on page 45, and page 49
- The Encyclopedia of New York City by Kenneth T. Jackson on page 45, and page 165
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- Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity by Joshua A. Fishman in Front Matter, and page 163
- Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity by Joshua A. Fishman in Front Matter, and page 163
- Along the Routes to Power: Explorations of Empowerment Through Language (Contributions to the Sociology of Language 92) by Martin Putz on page 175, and page 177