AuthorDicker, Susan J
TitleLanguages in America [electronic resource] : a pluralist view / Susan J. Dicker
Imprint Clevedon ; Buffalo, NY : Multilingual Matters, c2003
Edition 2nd ed
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Descript xvi, 363 p. : ill

CONTENT

Language and identity -- The melting-pot mythology -- Common misconceptions about language learning -- Languages in the schools -- The modem official-English movement -- Challenges to language restrictionism -- Lessons in multilingualism beyond the United States -- The possibilities of a pluralistic, multilingual America


SUBJECT

  1. Multilingualism -- United States
  2. Cultural pluralism -- United States
  3. Electronic books.