Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT) 1999: Language in Our Time
Bilingual Education and Official English, Ebonics and Standard English, Immigration and the Unz Initiative
James E Alatis editor Ai-Hui Tan editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Georgetown University Press
Published:7th Sep '01
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"A valuable compendium of knowledge. . . . the volume provides a current, accessible, welcome, and well-tempered picture of contemporary scholarship."
A collection of essays on linguistics and language education. It features contributors who take up longstanding debates about language diversity, language standardization, and language policy. It tackles such issues as the Official English movement, bilingual education, and ideological struggles over African American Vernacular English.Marking the return - after a two-year hiatus - of this annual collection of essays on linguistics and language education, the 1999 volume speaks to the most pressing social issues of our time. More than thirty contributors from around the world take up longstanding debates about language diversity, language standardization, and language policy. They tackle such controversial issues as the Official English movement, bilingual education, and ideological struggles over African American Vernacular English.
A valuable compendium of knowledge... the volume provides a current, accessible, welcome, and well-tempered picture of contemporary scholarship. Modern Language Journal
ISBN: 9780878401321
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 590g
464 pages