Sociolinguistic Studies in Language Contact: Methods and Cases (Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs, No 6)

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. Preface 5 Introduction 7 PART I. METHODS 15 I Guidelines: 15 1. Guidelines for the Study of Intercultural Relations 17 II Demography: 23 2. Language Minorities in a World of Communications 25 3. Constructing Language Profiles by Polity 37 4. Language Attitudes: Behavior and Intervening Variables 65 5. Geocoding Language Loss from Census Data 83 III Models: 111 6. Models of Competence in Bilingual Interaction 113 PART II. CASES 129 IV Language and Ethnicity: 129 7. Language and Ethnic Identity: Language Policy and Debate in Greenland 131 8. Language, Communication and Ethnicity in British Honduras 175 9. Evaluational Reactions to Foreign Accent among Immigrants in Toronto 195 10. Language Attitudes and Minority Status 211 V Language Maintenance: 223 11. Language Maintenance and Code Switching among Filipino Bilingual Speakers 225 12. Welsh Bilingualism: Four Documents 245 VI Language Behavior: 259 13. Spanish-English Bilingualism in the American Southwest 261 14. A Sociolinguistic Consideration of English Spoken in Grenada, British West Indies 279 15. Sociolinguistic Aspects of Word-Borrowing 291 VII Diglossia: 307 16. Stable Societal Diglossia in Norfolk Island 309 17. A Diglossic Situation: Standard vs Dialect 349 VIII Language Competence: 359 18. Societal and Linguistic Correlates in an Investigation of the English Writing of a Selected Group of University Level Chicanos Betty Lou Dubois 361 19. Language Contact in Japan 377 IX Language and Education: 391 20. Multilingualism in Nigerian Education 393 21. Socio-Educational Correlates of Mexican-American Bilingualism 407 X Language and Community: 437 22. Bilingualism in a Swiss Canton: Language Choice in Ticino 439 23. A Voluntary Non-Ethnic and Non-Territorial Speech Community 447 XI Conclusion: Problems in Theory and Method: 465 24. Toward an Ecology of Language Contact 467 TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Ed. By William Francis Mackey, Jacob Ornstein. Includes Bibliographies.