| Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity Contributor(s): Fishman, Joshua A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195124294 ISBN-13: 9780195124293 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $66.33 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the connection between language and ethnicity. Since the "ethnic revival" of the last twenty years, there has been a substantial and interdisciplinary change in our understanding of the connection between these fundamental aspects of our identity. Joshua Fishman has commissioned over 25 previously unpublished papers on every facet of the subject. This volume is interdisciplinary and the contributors are all distinguished figures in their fields. After each chapter Fishman pulls together the various views that have been expressed and shows how they differ and how they are alike. The volume is useful as a scholarly reference, a resource for the lay reader, and can also be used as a text in ethnicity courses. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 306.44 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.49 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the connection between language and ethnicity. Since the ethnic revival of the last twenty years, there has been a substantial and interdisciplinary change in our understanding of the connection between these fundamental aspects of our identity. Joshua Fishman has commissioned over 25 previously unpublished papers on every facet of the subject. This volume is interdisciplinary and the contributors are all distinguished figures in their fields. After each chapter Fishman pulls together the various views that have been expressed and shows how they differ and how they are alike. The volume is useful as a scholarly reference, a resource for the lay reader, and can also be used as a text in ethnicity courses. |