Minority languages and bilingualism : case studies in maintenance and shift / Robert C. Williamson
- Bib ID:
- 720063
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Williamson, Robert C. (Robert Clifford), 1916-
- Description:
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- Norwood, N.J. : Ablex Pub. Corp., c1991
- vi, 169 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0893917664 (cloth)
- Full contents:
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- 1. Bilingualism: Issues and Definitions. Domains, Roles, and Codes. Diglossia and the Status Gradient. Variations in Bilingualism and Diglossia. Bilingualism and Societal Needs. Some Behavioral Aspects of Bilingualism
- 2. Bilingual Societies: Patterns in Continuity and Change. The Hierarchy of Languages. Societal and Individual Factors in Language Maintenance. The Individual and Language Choice: Some Critical Variables
- 3. The Celtic Languages: Marginality and Defiance. Gaelic and Marginality. Welsh: A Success Story or Nearly So. Breton: An Uneasy Twilight. Conclusions
- 4. Three Romance Languages: Past and Present. Romansh: Conflict, Identity, and Determination. Friulan: A People and a Language in Search of Autonomy. Galician: A Language Between Two Nations
- 5. The American Scene: Pennsylvania German. Minority Languages in the United States. The Pennsylvania German Tradition. The 20th Century: An Irreversible Decline?
- 6. Research Methods and the Samples.
- Research Design and the Interviews. Description of the Samples
- 7. Subcultures, Codes, and Language Maintenance. Age and Intergenerational Differences. The Impact of Social Class. The Question of Gender. The Rural-Urban Continuum. The Time Dimension. Other Variables
- 8. Language Socialization and Cross-Pressures: Attitudes and Projections. Variations in Language Acquisition. The Community and the Institutional Structure. Functions, Domains, and Maintenance. Feeling, Identify, and Change
- 9. Conclusion. Minority Languages and Language Planning.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-159) and indexes.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1991
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