Language and Poverty

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Wayne Harbert, Sally McConnell-Ginet
Multilingual Matters, 2009 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 225 pages
This volume explores the complex interactions of language with economic resources. How does poverty affect language survival? How is the economic status of individuals affected by the languages they do or do not speak? The authors address these questions from multiple perspectives, drawing on linguistics, language policy and planning, economics, anthropology, and sociology.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Measurement Determinants
9
and Language Death
23
Language Diversity and Poverty in Africa
37
The Impact of the Hegemony of English on Access to and Quality
53
Econolinguistics in the
67
Where in the World is US Spanish? Creating a Space
78
Language Disadvantage and Capability
102
Some Global
127
François Vaillancourt
147
Native Languages Identity and the State
161
The Role of the Linguist in Language Maintenance
183
Some Considerations
202
Conclusion
223
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Wayne Harbert,Sally McConnell-Ginet,Amanda Miller,John Whitman
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About the author (2009)

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 (Ryûkyûan), Korea (Kyeongsang-do dialect), and the People's Republic of China (Tibetan, Bai).

Bibliographic information

TitleLanguage and Poverty
Volume 141 of Multilingual matters
EditorsWayne Harbert, Sally McConnell-Ginet
Editionillustrated
PublisherMultilingual Matters, 2009
ISBN1847691196, 9781847691194
Length225 pages
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Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching
Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness
  
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