
Language, Ethnicity and Education
Multilingual Matters (Publisher)
Published on 23. September 1998
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-1-85359-430-4 (ISBN)
Description
The book presents case studies of immigrant minority groups and immigrant minority languages in Europe and abroad, analysed from demographic, sociolinguistic, and educational perspectives. The demographic perspective focuses on the role of language and ethnicity in multicultural population statistics, the sociolinguistic perspective on the vitality of immigrant minority languages, and the educational perspective on the status of immigrant minority languages in education.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85359-430-4 (9781853594304)
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Persons
Peter Broeder and Guus Extra are members of the Research Groups on Language and Minorities at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. They have published books and articles on first and second language acquisition by ethnic minorities in the Netherlands and in a wider European context. They also contributed to the European Science Foundation project on adult language acquisition by immigrants in Europe. Peter Broeder is senior lecturer and Guus Extra is professor of language and minorities at Tilburg University.
Content
Preface
Introduction
1 Demographic Perspectives: Case Studies on Immigrant Minority Groups in Population Statistics
2 Sociolinguistic Perspectives: Case Studies on the Vitality of Immigrant Minority Languages
3 Educational Perspectives: Case Studies on the Status of Immigrant Minority Languages in Education
References
Appendices
Introduction
1 Demographic Perspectives: Case Studies on Immigrant Minority Groups in Population Statistics
2 Sociolinguistic Perspectives: Case Studies on the Vitality of Immigrant Minority Languages
3 Educational Perspectives: Case Studies on the Status of Immigrant Minority Languages in Education
References
Appendices