Discourse, Ideology and Heritage Language Socialization - Micro and Macro Perspectives

The book examines the development and maintenance of a minority language, engaging on both micro and macro levels to address open questions in the field. Guardado provides a history of the study of language maintenance, including discussion of language socialization, cosmopolitan identities, and home practices. In particular, the author uses 'discourse' as a primary tool to understand minority language development and maintenance.

About the author

Martin Guardado, University of Alberta, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Guardado
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2018
• EAN: 9781614515449
• ISBN: 978-1-61451-544-9
• No. of pages: 269
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 19 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 542 g
• Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language; Contributions to the Sociology of Language (CSL); Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]; Contributions to the Sociology of Language; ISSN; Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL], 104
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures