SHIRAZ NERENBERG

Language in the Bilingual Family

A Study of Policy, Ideology, and Shift

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Among immigrant communities in the United States,the shift from heritage language dominance tobilingualism to English monolingualism is a wellestablished phenomenon. While a number of influencesoutside the home are known to play an important rolein this process, factors inside the home areinarguably influential but largely mysterious. Thisbook sheds light on this area through an examinationof language policy, ideology, and shift amongfifteen Iranian families in the Washington, DC area.A series of personal interviews explores a range oftopics, including parents desired languageoutcomes, motivations, decision-making processes,management tactics, language ideologies, andlanguage shifts. The findings of this studyillustrate how, just as the language policies oflarge institutions are shaped by languageideologies, so too are the language policies offamilies, and smooth implementation in neitherdomain is guaranteed. Furthermore, the datapresented in this work offer a view of languageshift from the bottom up, an inside perspective thathas been widely called for in the field but seldomprovided.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9783639086560
• ISBN-10: 3639086562
• Artikelnr.: 25475308

Autorenporträt

Shiraz Nerenberg, Ph.D., received her doctorate in linguisticsfrom Georgetown University in 2006. Her dissertation, a previousversion of the present work, was entitled, Fading Farsi:Language Policy, Ideology, and Shift in the Iranian AmericanFamily. She lives in Washington, DC, where she works as acomputational linguist for IBM.