Language Allegiances and Bilingualism in the US

This book explores the close association between use of a language and the sense of affiliation with the culture associated with it: an allegiance that seems to garner a type of loyalty and support that few other identities command.

Info autore

M. Rafael Salaberry (PhD, Cornell University) is Professor of Second Language Acquisition in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese (University of Texas-Austin). Prof. Salaberryâ€(TM)s research focuses on (1) the development of tense and aspect among adult second language learners, (2) second language teaching, including methodology, testing and web-based learning and (3) bilingual education. His research is presented in several books published by John Benjamins (2000, 2002, 2005), Georgetown University Press (2003, 2006) and Continuum Press (2008) as well as several articles in peer-refereed journals. He is also the producer of the documentary film "€œThe Choosers"€ (2006) on two-way bilingual education.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: M. Rafael Salaberry (Editore)
• Editore: Multilingual Matters
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.06.2009
• EAN: 9781847691774
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-177-4
• Pagine: 222
• Dimensioni: 148 mm x 210 mm x 12 mm
• Peso: 294 g
• Serie: Linguistic Diversity and Langu
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature