UID:
edocfu_9959235143002883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 365 p.) :
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ill.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4522-2177-4
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0-8039-5911-7
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1-322-41296-0
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1-4522-3861-8
Content:
Speaking Culturally examines the changing cultural demographics of the United States from a linguistic perspective. The author highlights the discourses associated with gender and with African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - Language in Demographic and Cultural Perspective; Chapter 1 - The Linguistic Environment of the United States; Chapter 2 - The Language System in its Communicative Contexts; Chapter 3 - Cultural Dimensions of Discourse; Part II - Locating Cultural Discourses; Chapter 4 - Gendered Discourses; Chapter 5 - African American Discourse in Cultural and Historical Context; Chapter 6 - Hispanic Peoples and Their Language Patterns; Chapter 7 - Language and Cultural Complexity in Asian American Identities
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Part III - Language Consequences and ControversiesChapter 8 - Discourse Consequences: Where Language and Culture Matter; Chapter 9 - Bilingual Education, Ebonics, and the Ideology of ""Standard English""; References; Index; About the Author
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4522-2040-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8039-5912-5
Language:
English
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