Language and Poverty

Informationen zum Autor Wayne Harbert is Professor of Linguistics, Cornell University. In addition to his research on the Germanic languages, he teaches Welsh and Scottish Gaelic, as well as courses on minority languages and linguistics. Sally McConnell-Ginet, Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Cornell University, has taught and done research in formal semantics/pragmatics and in language and gender. She is Past President of the Linguistic Society of America. Amanda Miller, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Cornell University, works on the phonetics and phonology of endangered Southern African Khoesan languages. She undertakes linguistic field work in Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. John Whitman, Professor and Chair of Linguistics at Cornell University, works on syntactic variation and language change. His research includes work with endangered minority languages of Japan (RyÃ'kyÃ'an), Korea (Kyeongsang-do dialect), and the Peopleâ?(TM)s Republic of China (Tibetan, Bai). Klappentext This volume explores the complex interactions of language with economic resources. The authors address the issues of poverty and language survival from multiple perspectives, drawing on linguistics, language policy and planning, economics, anthropology, and sociology. Zusammenfassung This volume explores the complex interactions of language with economic resources. The authors address the issues of poverty and language survival from multiple perspectives! drawing on linguistics! language policy and planning! economics! anthropology! and sociology.

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• Assisted by: Wayne Harbert (Editor), Wayne (Cornell University) Harbert (Editor), Sally Mcconnell-Ginet (Editor), Sally (Cornell University) McConnell-Ginet (Editor), Amanda Miller (Editor), Amanda (Cornell University) Miller (Editor), John Whitman (Editor), John (Cornell University) Whitman (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2008
• EAN: 9781847691194
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-119-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Multilingual Matters; Multilingual Matters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories