Demographic and Socioeconomic Basis of Ethnolinguistics

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Siegel, Jacob S. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Demography.; Sociolinguistics.; Linguistic anthropology.; Ethnicity.; Emigration and immigration.; Linguistic Anthropology.; Ethnicity Studies.; Migration.

This book presents a description and analysis of sociolinguistics written from a demographer's perspective. It synthesizes the data on the materials, methods, and issues of this interdisciplinary field, pulling together the scattered materials published in this area into a coherent whole. Drawi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface and Acknowledgments: Part I. INTRODUCTION: GENERAL SOURCES AND METHODS, AND CONCEPTS OF POPULATION, LANGUAGE, AND ETHNICITY
• 1. Basic Concepts, and Overview of Sources, Quality of Data, and Methods
• 2. The Language of Demography and Sociolinguistics
• 3. Ethnicity, and Language as an Ethnic Identifier
• Part II. UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE
• 4. Language Inquiries in U.S. Censuses, National Sample Surveys, and Other Collection Instruments
• 5. Measurement of Language Use and Language Proficiency, and Literacy and Its Analysis
• 6. Language as a Factor in the Quality of Demographic Data and Translation Issues in the Management of Surveys
• 7. Sociolinguistic Characteristics of the Population of the United States
• Part III. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
• 8. International Demographic Situation and its Linguistic Associations
• 9. Ethnolinguistic Communities, Ethnolinguistic Conflict, and Other Conflict Situations
• Part IV. DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCE3S IN LINGUISTIC BEHAVIOR AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES APPLIED TO LANGUAGES
• 10. Demographic and Socioeconomic Differences in Linguistic Behavior
• 11. Demographic Processes Applied to Languages and Language-Defined Populations
• 12. Migration and Language Change
• 13. Prospective Changes in National Populations and Language-Defined Populations, and Projections Methods
• V. SPECIAL LANGUAGE GROUPS
• 14. Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Persons with Language-Use Limitations; and Special Languages
• 15. Some Sociolinguistic Characteristics of Premodern Societies and Modern Indigenous Societies
• Part VI. Some policy and practical applications
• 16. Limited Language Proficiency and its Consequences
• 17. Linguistic Proficiency and Acculturation: Role of Family, Neighborhood, and Metropolitan Area
• 18 Language and U.S. Public Policy
• Glossary
• Subject Index.