Speaking Culturally : Language Diversity in the United States

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ISBN: 9780803959125 | 0803959125
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Copyright: 10/12/1999

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Speaking Culturally examines the changing cultural demographics of the United States from a linguistic perspective. Fern L Johnson illuminates the discourses associated with gender and with African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans.

Preface

Acknowledgments

xvii

I. Language in Demographic and Cultural Perspective

The Linguistic Environment of the United States

(21)

The Need for Cultural Linguistics

(1)

Language in the United States: Melting Pot or Mosaic and Kaleidoscope?

(1)

Demography in Linguistic Perspective

(10)

Diversity in Language Use and Evaluation

(3)

The Myths and Reality of American English

(5)

The Language System in Its Communicative Contexts

(21)

Functions and Purposes of Language

(1)

Speech Communities and Their Discourses

(3)

Levels of System in Language

(10)

Dialects and Registers for Language Use

(3)

Origins and Maintenance of Language Varieties

(3)

Cultural Dimensions of Discourse

(26)

Society and Culture Distinctions

(2)

Views of Culture

(5)

The Language-Centered Perspective on Culture

(7)

Ideology and Cultural Complexes

(3)

Axioms in the Language-Centered Perspective on Culture

(4)

Implications

(4)

II. Locating Cultural Discourses

Gendered Discourses

(42)

Gender Cultures

(12)

Theorizing Gender and Discourse

(6)

Discourse Patterns of Males and Females

(16)

Transgressing Gender

107

(4)

Implications

111

(2)

African American Discourse in Cultural and Historical Context

113

(47)

African Americans in Historical Context

115

(2)

Demographic Profile of African Americans

117

(3)

African American Cultural Themes

120

(12)

Discourse Patterns

132

(24)

Implications

156

(4)

Hispanic Peoples and Their Language Patterns

160

(37)

Hispanic Peoples in the United States

163

(3)

Hispanic Cultural Themes

166

(5)

Hispanic Group Profiles

171

(5)

Language Complexities of Hispanic Peoples

176

(7)

Code-Switching and Other Language Influences

183

(5)

Chicano English

188

(7)

Implications

195

(2)

Language and Cultural Complexity in Asian American Identities

197

(48)

Asian Peoples in the United States

201

(5)

Asian American Group Profiles in Historical Context

206

(14)

Asian American Cultural Themes

220

(7)

Language Context and Discourse Dimensions

227

(14)

Implications

241

(4)

III. Language Consequences and Controversies

Discourse Consequences: Where Language and Culture Matter

245

(52)

Institutional Discourses

246

(2)

Consequences of Language Diversity for Health Care

248

(11)

Consequences of Language Diversity in the Legal System

259

(15)

Language Diversity at School

274

(12)

Language Diversity at Work

286

(10)

Implications

296

(1)

Bilingual Education, Ebonics, and the Ideology of ``Standard English''

297

(36)

Monolingualism and Flawed Conceptions of Language

299

(3)

U.S. Policy on Bilingual Education

302

(8)

Methods and Mind-Sets for Teaching LEP Students

310

(4)

Is Bilingual Education a Threat to American English?

314

(1)

The Strange Case of Ebonics

315

(8)

``Standard English'' and Universal Bilingual Education

323

(6)

Implications

329

(4)

References

333

(22)

Index

355

(10)

About the Author

365

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