Linguistic Minorities and Modernity A Sociolinguistic Ethnography, Second Edition

by Heller, Monica

• ISBN13: 9780826486912
• ISBN10: 0826486916
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-11
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The subject of this book is linguistic minorities and social change, seen through the lens of a linguistic minority school, meeting the challenges of globalization. This is a core topic for sociolinguists, linguistic anthropologists, applied linguists and educators who are concerned about what multilingualism means in today's world. Through a careful examination of the language practices in the daily life of a minority language school, Monica Heller explores issues such as nationalism, language policy, bilingualism, identity, power, ideology, race, class, gender and sexuality, exploring their role in the increasing commodification of identity and language. Linguistic Minorities and Modernity has been revised throughout, and includes a new preface by the author.

Author Biography

Monica Heller is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, Canada

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Preface	p. viii
The transformation of linguistic minorities	p. 3
'L'Unite dans la diversite'	p. 27
Norms and contradictions	p. 65
Being bilingual	p. 113
Girls and boys	p. 152
Periphery to centre	p. 169
The distribution of linguistic capital	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 223
Author index	p. 227
Subject index	p. 229
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