Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity

Zusatztext A provocative volume for both specialized and nonspecialized readers. Klappentext 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. The distinguished sociolinguist Joshua Fishman has commissioned over 25 previously unpublished papers on every facet of the subject. The volume is divided into two sections, the first examining disciplinary perspectives on the subject; the second uses the prism of geography, looking at the subject in the context of Africa, Scandinavia, Germany and the rest of Western Europe, North America and elsewhere. The volume is truly interdisciplinary and the contributors are all distinguished figures in thor fields. Each chapter is followed by thought provoking questions and essential bibliography, and 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. Zusammenfassung In this handbook, the link between ethnic identity and language is explored from the perspectives of different social science disciplines and diverse geographical regions. This volume will serve as a complete resource on the subject and, because of its accessibility, will appeal not only to a scholarly audience, but also to a college and lay audience.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua A. Fishman, Joshua A. (Emeritus Professor of Social S Fishman
• Assisted by: Joshua A. Fishman (Editor), Fishman Joshua A. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1999
• EAN: 9780195124286
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512428-6
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Ethnic Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, Sociolinguistics, Reference works, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity