Linguistic Superdiversity in Urban Areas

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Joana Duarte Ingrid Gogolin(Herausgeber*in)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Erschienen am 18. Dezember 2013

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Linguistic Superdiversity in Urban Areas
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Untitled
Financial support page
List of contributors
Introduction
1. Preamble
2. The superdiversity framework
2.1 The dynamics of migration and growing diversity
2.2 Research on linguistic diversity: "New repertoires"
2.2 Methodological issues
3. Education in linguistic superdiverse societies - research and methods
4. A traditional attempt to capture linguistic diversity: The case of "bilingual education"
5. Introduction to the volume
5.1 Acknowledgements
References
Capturing superdiversity
Using correspondence analysis to model immigrant multilingualism over time
Using correspondence analysis to model immigrant multilingualism over time
Modeling multilingualism
Correspondence analysis: A brief explanation
Basic concepts
Visual representation in two- or three-dimensional maps
Multiple correspondence analysis
Cross-sectional model of immigrant language proficiency, use, and practices
The data: Older Spanish-English, Puerto Rican bilingual/biculturals
Results of the multiple correspondence analysis
Maps of modalities and supplementary points
Maps of individuals
Longitudinal model of immigrant language proficiency, use, and practices
First method: A repeated measures, longitudinal analysis
The data: A constructed longitudinal data set with three time points
Results of analysing a repeated measures data set
Second method: A transitions analysis
The data: A constructed longitudinal data set with two time points
Results of analysing the transition matrix
Discussion and conclusion
References
Capturing diversity
1. Introduction
2. Linguistic diversity in Hamburg
2.2 A focal point of urban diversity: Hamburg St. Georg
3. A functional-pragmatic perspective on language and society
4. Capturing written forms of linguistic diversity: Linguistic landscaping
4.1 Linguistic landscaping as a means to investigate linguistic diversity
4.2 Unit of analysis
4.3 St. Georg's linguistic diversity on public signs: A quantitative approach
4.4 A microanalytic approach to the linguistic landscape of St. Georg
5. Capturing oral forms of linguistic diversity: Linguistic soundscaping
5.1 Origins of the study of the soundscape
5.2 From soundscape to linguistic soundscaping
5.3 Methods of linguistic soundscaping
5.4 Some preliminary findings on "linguistic soundscapes" in St. Georg
6. Summary and discussion
Acknowledgements
References
Measuring language diversity in urban ecosystems
Introduction
How can diversity be measured?
Scanning the field
Deriving the indices
Applying the indices to language
A case in point: Language diversity in St. Georg
Object of investigation
Method and procedure
Results
Discussion
General remarks
Summary
References
Language acquisition and practice
Foreign language acquisition in heritage speakers
1. Introduction
2. The nominal domains of Turkish, German and English
2.1 Turkish
2.2 German
2.3 English
3. Previous studies on the acquisition of articles in (adult) L2 and L3-English
3.1 L1-Turkish
3.2 L1-German
3.3 L2-German L3-English
3.4 Previous research on article use in child L2-German and predictions
4. Our study
4.1 Data collection
4.2 Participants
4.3 Methods
5. Results
5.1 Article use and omission in spoken production
5.2 Inappropriate article use vis-à-vis frequency and recency of Turkish use
5.3 Inappropriate article use vis-à-vis age of onset in German
6. Summary and conclusions
References
Heteroglossia in English complementary schools
Introduction
Chinese complementary schools and superdiversity
Translanguaging
Heteroglossia
Research context
Enforcing identity and language boundaries: Negotiating fluidity
Heteroglossia in the curriculum
Conclusion
References
Enough is enough
Introduction
Micro-hegemonies
Discursive orientations and the quest for authenticity
Enoughness in action 1: The chav
Enoughness in action 2: Is this pub Irish enough?
Enough is enough
References
The primary classroom as a superdiverse hetero-normative space
1. Introduction
2. Identities, space and place
3. The sociolinguistic context of the study
4. Pupils confronted with the big language: The case of Mohammed
4.1 Walid: Technically a 'one point nine' child
4.2 Micheline: The near-native-speaker
5. Small languages made big: 'Pure Berbers' and 'half Arabs'
6. Beyond big and small languages: 'A real Turk' says 'shouf, shouf habibi'
7. Discussion and conclusions
References
Assessing narrative development in bilingual first language acquisition
Introduction
Acquisition of narrative structures
Monolingual children
Bilingual children
Rationale for the present study
The present study
Participants
Materials
Procedure
Analysis and results
Analysis of micro structure
Analysis of macro structure
Discussion and conclusions
References
Examples of language contact and change
Detecting historical continuity in a linguistically diverse urban area
1. Introduction
1.1 Terminology
2. Irish English, Singapore English and language contact
3. Singapore English: Its role in the context of linguistic diversity and its history
3.1 Sociohistorical context
3.2 Irish community in Singapore
3.3 Detecting historical continuity in SingEng
4. Variationist approach to studying contact-induced phenomena and new Englishes
5. Data and methods
Data
Dependent variable
Independent variables
6. Results
7. Analysis
7.1 Substratist/L1 related explanation
7.2 Explanation in terms of L1 independent (universal) processes
7.3 Historical input explanation
8. Discussion
8.1 Meyehoff's model
8.2 The have perfect and other verb forms in present perfect contexts
9. Conclusions
References
Four decades of study of synchronic variation in varieties of Dutch. A sketch
1. Introduction
2. The social turn
2.1 New research questions, themes and areas
2.2 Research which emphasizes psychological aspects
2.3 Research which emphasizes sociological aspects
2.4 Research which emphasizes societal aspects
2.5 New methodologies
3. The re-orientation on theoretical debates in linguistics
3.1 Paradigms and theories
3.2 Consequences for the methodology
4. The improvement and miniaturisation of recording equipment and the rapid rise of digital research techniques
5. A domain for further research: Varieties of Dutch in language contact and the synchronic study of externally motivated variation
5.1 The Roots of ethnolects project
5.2 Sizing up
References
Language contact in heritage languages in the Netherlands
1. Introduction
1.1 HLs as a natural experiment
1.2 Educational issues: Heritage speakers in the class room
1.3 Language attitudes and linguistic practices in diasporic communities
1.4 Is attrition like ordinary language change?
1.5 The notion of superdiversity
2. Previous sociolinguistic studies on Dutch immigrant communities
2. 1 Second language acquisition and ethnolects of Dutch
2.2 Code switching and code mixing research
2.3 Language loss and attrition research
2.4 Successive migration movements and the notion of superdiversity
3. The case of the Chinese languages
3.1 The Chinese languages
3.2 Chinese migration to the Netherlands
3.3 Overlapping identities in Chinese organizations
3.4 Language use and language change in Netherlands Chinese
4. Conclusions
References
Chinese and globalization
1. Introduction
2. Issues in a sociolinguistics of globalization
3. Sociolinguistic globalization in Chinese
4. A 'fire extinguisher box' as a case in point
5. Conclusion
References
Author index
Subject index

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