Language Socialization in Bilingual &

Edited by Robert Bayley and Sandra R. Schecter
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-85359-635-3
Verlag: Multilingual Matters Limited

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Language Socialization in Bilingual and Multilingual Societies is a multidisciplinary, multinational collection of essays that explore language socialization from very early childhood through adulthood, not only in oftenstudied communities in Canada and the United States, but also in Australia, Bolivia, Egypt, India and Slovakia. The global perspective gained by the inclusion of studies of communities representing every inhabited continent provides readers with an indication of the richness of the field as well as a guide for future work. The book includes chapters focusing on language socialization at different stages of the lifespan – at home and in schools, communities and workplaces. Authors focus on well-known communities, such as Mexican-Americans in the United States and Francophones in Canada, as well as on communities that are less familiar to many readers, such as the Aymara in Bolivia, the Inuit in northern Québec and minority Hungarians in Slovakia. The breadth and theoretical sophistication of this volume make it a suitable text for upper-division and graduate courses in bilingualism, language education and sociolinguistics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bayley, Robert

Schecter, Sandra

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors

Preface and Acknowledgments

Robert Bayley and Sandra R. Schecter: Introduction: Toward a Dynamic Model of Language Socialization

Part 1: Language Socialization at Home

1 Lucinda Pease-Alvarez: Transforming Perspectives on Bilingual Language Socialization

2 Aurolyn Luykx: Weaving Languages Together: Family Language Policy and Gender Socialization in Bilingual Aymara Households

3 María de la Piedra and Harriett D. Romo: Collaborative Literacy in a Mexican Immigrant Household: The Role of Sibling Mediators in the Socialization of Pre-School Learners

4 Patricia Lamarre, in collaboration with Josefina Rossell Paredes: Growing up Trilingual in Montreal: Perceptions of College Students

Part 2: Language Socialization at School

5 Linda Harklau: Representational Practices and Multi-modal Communication in US High Schools: Implications for Adolescent Immigrants

6 KimMarie Cole and Jane Zuengler: Engaging in an Authentic Science Project: Appropriating, Resisting, and Denying “Scientific” Identities

7 Gordon Pon, Tara Goldstein and Sandra R. Schecter: Interrupted by Silences: The Contemporary Education of Hong Kongborn Chinese Canadians

8 Agnes Weiyun He: Novices and Their Speech Roles in Chinese Heritage Language Classes

9 Dwight Atkinson: Language Socialization and Dys-socialization in a South Indian College

Part 3: Language Socialization in Communities & Peer Groups

10 Donna Patrick: Language Socialization and Second Language Acquisition in a Multilingual Arctic Quebec Community

11 Juliet Langman: Growing a Bányavirág (Rock Crystal) on Barren Soil: Forming a Hungarian Identity in Eastern Slovakia through Joint (Inter)action

12 Heather Lotherington: Multiliteracies in Springvale: Negotiating Language, Culture and Identity in Suburban Melbourne

13 Didi Khayatt: Terms of Desire: Are There Lesbians in Egypt?

Part 4: Language Socialization in the Workplace

14 Christopher McAll: Language Dynamics in the Bi- and Multilingual Workplace

15 Jill Sinclair Bell: Back to School: Learning Practices in a Job Retraining Community

16 Sylvie Roy: Bilingualism and Standardization in a Canadian Call Center: Challenges for a Linguistic Minority Community

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Bayley is Professor of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he specializes in sociolinguistics and second language acquisition. He is co-author of Sociolinguistic Variation in American Sign Language (Gallaudet UP, 2001) and Language as Cultural Practice (Erlbaum, 2002).

Sandra R. Schecter is Associate Professor of Education and Women’s Studies at York University in Toronto, where she teaches courses in language pedagogy, communication and research methods. An ethnolinguist, she is co-author of Language as Cultural Practice (Erlbaum, 2002) and co-editor of On Becoming a Language Educator (Erlbaum, 1997).