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Anchored within current issues and debates in the field of
Linguistic Landscape (LL) scholarship, this edited volume is
concerned with politics of language and the semiotic construction
of space in multilingual and multi-ethnic Asian countries. Spanning
Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong
Kong, Taiwan and China, the chapters explore how different
individuals and collectivities use semiotic resources in different
spaces - schools, airports, streets and shops as well as online
platforms - to reinforce or contest existing social structures,
bearing strong implications for language maintenance and cultural
revitalization, construction of ethnolinguistic and national
identities, and socioeconomic mobility. Part I looks into how
globalization and its accompanying forces and influences - such as
the importance of English in socioeconomic mobility - come into
contact with local Asian cultures and languages. Part II examines
minority languages, demographically and socio-politically
established in the countries, shedding light on the role of LL that
plays in both their minorization and revitalization processes. Part
III investigates how LL is utilized as a site for constructing
identities to pursue socioeconomic, political and cultural goals.
It is within this perspective that the presence and salience of
English in the LL of the countries along with the use of the Asian
languages is analyzed and understood, shedding light on how Asian
heritage languages and cultures are preserved and/or certain
identities in the times of political unrest or economic development
are expressed. This fascinating insight into linguistic landscapes
in Asia will be of interest to researchers, students and policy
makers in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics anywhere in the
world.
Through case studies from around the world, this book illustrates
the opportunities and challenges facing families negotiating the
issues of language maintenance and language learning in the home.
Every family living in a bi/multilingual environment faces the
question of what language(s) to speak with their children and must
make a decision, consciously or otherwise, about these issues.
Exploring links between language policy in the home and wider
society in a range of diverse settings, the contributors utilize
various research tools, including interviews, questionnaires,
observations, and archival document analysis, to explore linguistic
ideologies and practices of family members in the home,
illuminating how these are shaped by macro-level societal
processes.
Through case studies from around the world, this book illustrates
the opportunities and challenges facing families negotiating the
issues of language maintenance and language learning in the home.
Every family living in a bi/multilingual environment faces the
question of what language(s) to speak with their children and must
make a decision, consciously or otherwise, about these issues.
Exploring links between language policy in the home and wider
society in a range of diverse settings, the contributors utilize
various research tools, including interviews, questionnaires,
observations, and archival document analysis, to explore linguistic
ideologies and practices of family members in the home,
illuminating how these are shaped by macro-level societal
processes.
This book examines the sociolinguistics of some of Iran's languages
at home and in the diaspora. The first part of the book examines
the politics of minority languages and the presence of hegemonic
discourses which favour Persian (Farsi) in Iran, exploring issues
such as language maintenance and shift, linguistic ideologies and
practices among Azerbaijani and Kurdish-speaking communities. The
authors then go on to examine Iranians' linguistic ideologies,
practices and (trans)national identity construction in the
diaspora, investigating both the challenges of maintaining a home
language and the strategies and linguistic repertoires employed
when constructing a diasporic identity away from home. This book
will be of interest to students and scholars of minority languages
and communities, diaspora and migration studies, and language
policy and planning.
This book examines the sociolinguistics of some of Iran's languages
at home and in the diaspora. The first part of the book examines
the politics of minority languages and the presence of hegemonic
discourses which favour Persian (Farsi) in Iran, exploring issues
such as language maintenance and shift, linguistic ideologies and
practices among Azerbaijani and Kurdish-speaking communities. The
authors then go on to examine Iranians' linguistic ideologies,
practices and (trans)national identity construction in the
diaspora, investigating both the challenges of maintaining a home
language and the strategies and linguistic repertoires employed
when constructing a diasporic identity away from home. This book
will be of interest to students and scholars of minority languages
and communities, diaspora and migration studies, and language
policy and planning.
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