Language And Citizenship
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Nations Language And Citizenship
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Author : Norman Berdichevsky
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-02-22
Nations Language And Citizenship written by Norman Berdichevsky and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-22 with Social Science categories.
This study evaluates the importance of language in achieving a sense of national solidarity, considering factors such as territory, religion, race, historical continuity, and memory. It investigates the historical experiences of countries and ethnic or regional minorities according to how their political leadership, intellectual elite, or independence movements answered the question, “Who are we?” The Americans, British, and Australians all speak English, just as the French, Haitians, and French-Canadians all speak French, sharing common historical origin, vocabulary and usage—but each nationality’s use of its language differs. So does language transform a citizenry into a community / or is a “national language” the product of idealogy? This work presents 26 case studies and raises three questions: whether the people of independent countries consider language the most important factor in creating their sense of nationality; whether the people living in multi-ethnic states or as regional minorities are most loyal to the community with which they share a language or the community with which they share citizenship; and whether people in countries with civil strife find a common language enough to create a sense of political solidarity. The study also covers hybrid languages, language revivals, the difference between dialects and languages, government efforts to promote or avoid bilingualism, the manipulation of spelling and alphabet reform. Illustrations include postage stamps, banknotes, flags, and posters illustrating language controversies. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Language And Citizenship
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Author : Tommaso M. Milani
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2017-06-09
Language And Citizenship written by Tommaso M. Milani and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-09 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume offers fresh, cutting-edge perspectives on issues of language and citizenship by casting a critical light on a broad spectrum of geo-political contexts – Flanders, Luxembourg, Singapore, South Africa, the UK - and discourse data – policy documents, newspaper articles, ethnographic notes and interviews, skits, bodies in protests. The main aims of the book are to investigate institutional discourses about the relationship between nationality and citizenship, and relate such discourses to more ethnographically grounded interactions; tease out the multiple and often conflicting meanings of citizenship; and explore the different linguistic/semiotic guises that citizenship might take on in different contexts. The book argues that the linguistic/discursive study of citizenship should not only include critical investigations of political proposals about language testing, but should also encompass the diverse, more or less mundane, ways in which various social actors enact citizenship with the help of an array of multivocal, material, and affective semiotic resources. Originally published as a special issue of Journal of Language and Politics 14:3 (2015).
Citizenship And Language Learning
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Author : Audrey Osler
language : en
Publisher: Trentham Books
Release Date : 2005
Citizenship And Language Learning written by Audrey Osler and has been published by Trentham Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Citizenship categories.
This volume is the result of a British Council seminar on language and citizenship ...
Language Citizenship
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Author : Tommaso M. Milani
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Language Citizenship written by Tommaso M. Milani and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
Language Immigration And Naturalization
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Author : Ariel Loring
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2016-04-20
Language Immigration And Naturalization written by Ariel Loring and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-20 with Social Science categories.
This volume focuses on the everyday legalities and practicalities of naturalization including governmental processes, the language of citizenship tests and classes, the labelling and lived experiences of immigrants/outsiders and the media’s interpretation of this process. The book brings together scholars from a wide range of specialities who accentuate language and raise issues that often remain unarticulated or masked in the media. The contributors highlight how governmental policies and practices affect native-born citizens and residents differently on the basis of legal status. Furthermore, the authors observe that many issues that are typically seen as affecting immigrants (such as language policies, nationalist identities and feelings of belonging) also impact first-generation native-born citizens who are seen as, or see themselves as, outsiders.
Language And Citizenship In Japan
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Author : Nanette Gottlieb
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-12-12
Language And Citizenship In Japan written by Nanette Gottlieb and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The relationship between language and citizenship in Japan has traditionally been regarded as a fixed tripartite: ‘Japanese citizenship’ means ‘Japanese ethnicity,’ which in turn means ‘Japanese as one’s first language.’ Historically, most non-Japanese who have chosen to take out citizenship have been members of the ‘oldcomer’ Chinese and Korean communities, born and raised in Japan. But this is changing: the last three decades have seen an influx of ‘newcomer’ economic migrants from a wide range of countries, many of whom choose to stay. The likelihood that they will apply for citizenship, to access the benefits it confers, means that citizenship and ethnicity can no longer be assumed to be synonyms in Japan. This is an important change for national discourse on cohesive communities. This book’s chapters discuss discourses, educational practices, and local linguistic practices which call into question the accepted view of the language-citizenship nexus in lived contexts of both existing Japanese citizens and potential future citizens. Through an examination of key themes relating both to newcomers and to an older group of citizens whose language practices have been shaped by historical forces, these essays highlight the fluid relationship of language and citizenship in the Japanese context.
Language Policies And Dis Citizenship
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Author : Vaidehi Ramanathan
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2013-08-02
Language Policies And Dis Citizenship written by Vaidehi Ramanathan and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-02 with Political Science categories.
This volume explores the concept of ‘citizenship’, and argues that it should be understood both as a process of becoming and the ability to participate fully, rather than as a status that can be inherited, acquired, or achieved. From a courtroom in Bulawayo to a nursery in Birmingham, the authors use local contexts to foreground how the vulnerable, particularly those from minority language backgrounds, continue to be excluded, whilst offering a powerful demonstration of the potential for change offered by individual agency, resistance and struggle. In addressing questions such as ‘under what local conditions does "dis-citizenship" happen?’; ‘what role do language policies and pedagogic practices play?’ and ‘what kinds of margins and borders keep humans from fully participating’? The chapters in this volume shift the debate away from visas and passports to more uncertain and contested spaces of interpretation.
Language Testing Migration And Citizenship
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Author : Guus Extra
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-10-27
Language Testing Migration And Citizenship written by Guus Extra and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
What is required to achieve civic integration and citizenship in nation states across the world? Should language testing be a part of it? This book addresses the urgent need to develop a fuller conceptual and theoretical basis for language testing than is currently available, to enable widespread discussion of this theme and the concomitant linguistic and cultural requirements. The policy proposals for civic integration have so far been conducted almost entirely at a national level, and with little regard for the experiences of a countries with long traditions of migration, such as the USA, Canada, the UK or Australia. At the same time, EU enlargment and the ongoing rise in the rate of migration into and across Europe suggest that these issues will continue to grow in importance. This book raises the level of discussion to take account of international developments and to promote a more coherent and soundly based debate. It will appeal to researchers and academics working in sociolinguistics and language education, as well as those working on language policy.
The Multilingual Citizen
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Author : Lisa Lim
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2018-02-27
The Multilingual Citizen written by Lisa Lim and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In this ground-breaking collection of essays, the editors and authors develop the idea of Linguistic Citizenship. This notion highlights the importance of practices whereby vulnerable speakers themselves exercise control over their languages, and draws attention to the ways in which alternative voices can be inserted into processes and structures that otherwise alienate those they were designed to support. The chapters discuss issues of decoloniality and multilingualism in the global South, and together retheorize how to accommodate diversity in complexly multilingual/ multicultural societies. Offering a framework anchored in transformative notions of democratic and reflexive citizenship, it prompts readers to critically rethink how existing contemporary frameworks such as Linguistic Human Rights rest on disempowering forms of multilingualism that channel discourses of diversity into specific predetermined cultural and linguistic identities.
Language And Citizenship
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Author : Tommaso M. Milani
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Language And Citizenship written by Tommaso M. Milani and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.