Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity by Joshua A. Fishman

Minimalist Investigations in Linguistic Theory (Routledge Leading Linguists)

Professor Howard Lasnik is among the world's best theoretical linguists. He has produced influential and significant paintings in components comparable to syntactic conception, logical shape, and learnability. This selection of essays attracts jointly a few of his top paintings from his sizeable contribution to linguistic idea.

Language and Identity in the Balkans: Serbo-Croatian and Its Disintegration

Opposed to a backdrop of the ethnic strife within the Balkans and the cave in of Yugoslavia in 1991, Robert Greenberg describes how the languages of Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia, and Montenegro got here into being and indicates how their genesis displays ethnic, non secular, and political id. His first-hand observations ahead of and after Communism provide insights into the character of language swap and the relation among language and id.

Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills: Autobiographical Reflexive Approach to Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language: 8 (Educational Linguistics)

Studying Languages, studying existence talents deals an autobiographical reflexive method of international language schooling. The orientation of the ebook is useful, containing wealthy descriptions of language studying occasions together with real language use and scholar tales. instructing, together with making plans, tools, school room paintings and review, and case reviews of 'good' language studying and the way discussion in keeping with reminiscing can be utilized to advertise scholars’ future health within the language lecture room are defined intimately.

The Welsh Language in the Digital Age (White Paper Series)

This white paper is a part of a chain that promotes wisdom approximately language expertise and its capability. It addresses educators, newshounds, politicians, language groups and others. the supply and use of language expertise in Europe varies among languages. for this reason, the activities which are required to additional help study and improvement of language applied sciences additionally fluctuate for every language.