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024 7 _a10.21832/9781853596537
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781853596537
035 _a(DE-B1597)514071
035 _a(OCoLC)1078912228
040 _aDE-B1597
_beng
_cDE-B1597
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050 4 _aP115.5.U5D53 2003
_aP115.5.U5 D53 2003eb
072 7 _aLAN009050
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082 0 4 _a306.4460973
_a404/.2/0973
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aDicker, Susan J
_eautore
245 1 0 _aLanguages in America :
_bA Pluralist View /
_cSusan J Dicker.
264 1 _aBristol ;
_aBlue Ridge Summit :
_bMultilingual Matters,
_c[2003]
264 4 _c©2003
300 _a1 online resource (370 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aBilingual Education & Bilingualism
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction --
_t1. Language and Identity --
_t2. The Melting-Pot Mythology --
_t3. Common Misconceptions About Language Learning --
_t4. Languages in the Schools --
_t5. The Modern Official-English Movement --
_t6. Challenges to Language Restrictionism --
_t7. Lessons in Multilingualism Beyond the United States --
_t8. The Possibilities of a Pluralistic, Multilingual America --
_tEpilogue --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aThe United States is and has always been an immigrant country. However, it has always demonstrated a marked ambivalence towards newcomers. In some circumstances, they are seen as welcomed contributors to a multifaceted society; in others they are viewed as interlopers usurping depleting resources which should be going to the country’s citizens. A major part of this ongoing debate centers on the languages which immigrants bring with them. For some, these new languages add to the country’s diversity; for others the new languages are seen as an inherent threat to English and the American way of life. Languages in America: A Pluralist View is a vigorous response to this perspective by a sociolinguist and professor, Susan J. Dicker. Drawing on knowledge from the fields of linguistics, history and sociology, Dicker presents a cogent argument for language diversity in the United States. She explores the role language plays in personal and public identity. She debunks the mythology of America as a melting pot. She tackles common misconceptions about second-language learning, reveals the nativist roots of the official-English movement, and describes how other countries nurture language pluralism. Finally, Dicker asks her readers to imagine America as an open, pluralistic society in which language diversity plays an important part.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
650 0 _aCultural pluralism
_xUnited States.
650 0 _aCultural pluralism
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMultilingualism
_xUnited States.
650 0 _aMultilingualism
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMultilinguisme
_xÉtats-Unis
_xUnited States.
650 0 _aPolitique linguistique
_xÉtats-Unis.
650 7 _aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.21832/9781853596537
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781853596537
856 4 2 _3Cover
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