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ISBN: 0521393302 9780521393300 0521397294 9780521397292 9780511597084 0511597088 0511878109 Year: 1991 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press
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Without even considering the 150 Aboriginal languages still spoken, Australia has an unparalleled mix of languages other than English in common usage, languages often described by the term 'community'. Drawing on census data and other statistics, this book addresses the current suitation of community languages in Australia, analysing which are spoken, by whom, and whereabouts. It focuses on three main issues: how languages other than English are maintained in an English speaking environment, how the structure of the languages themselves changes over time, and how the government has responded to such ethnolinguistic diversity. At a time of unprecedented awareness of these languages within society and a realisation of the importance of mutlilingualism in business, this book makes a significant contribution to understanding the role of community languages in shaping the future of Australian society.
Sociolinguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Language --- Australia --- Minority languages --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Sociolinguistics - Australia
ISBN: 0521786487 9780521786485 0521781361 9780521781367 9780511606526 1107129176 0511178786 0511066899 0511060580 0511323727 0511606524 1280417951 1139146440 0511069022 9780511066894 9780511060588 9780511069024 9781280417955 9781139146449 9786610417957 6610417954 Year: 2003 Publisher: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press
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The past decade has seen an unprecedented growth in the study of language contact, associated partly with the linguistic effects of globalization and increased migration all over the world. Written by a leading expert in the field, this much-needed account brings together disparate findings to examine the dynamics of contact between languages in an immigrant context. Using data from a wide range of languages, including German, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Croatian and Vietnamese, Michael Clyne discusses the dynamics of their contact with English. Clyne analyzes how and why these languages change in an immigration country like Australia, and asks why some languages survive longer than others. The book contains useful comparisons between immigrant vintages, generations, and between bilinguals and trilinguals. An outstanding contribution to the study of language contact, this book will be welcomed by students and researchers in linguistics, bilingualism, the sociology of language and education.
English language --- Sociolinguistics --- Immigrants --- Languages in contact --- Influence on foreign languages. --- Language. --- Influence on foreign languages --- Language --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Areal linguistics --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreign population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Persons --- Aliens --- Australian English --- English language in Australia --- Australianisms --- Influence of English on foreign languages --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Germanic languages --- Languages in contact - Australia --- English language - Influence on foreign languages --- Immigrants - Australia - Language --- Sociolinguistics - Australia --- English language - Australia
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