Household Perspectives on Minority Language Maintenance and Loss: Language in the Small Spaces

Author:   Isabel Velázquez
Publisher:   Multilingual Matters
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9781788922272


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   05 December 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Isabel Velázquez
Publisher:   Multilingual Matters
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9781788922272


ISBN 10:   1788922271
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   05 December 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Quite simply, without intergenerational transmission of a language within families, there is no maintenance and thus very little for linguists to study. This carefully nuanced study explores everyday linguistic choices navigated by working class Mexican immigrant mothers in the Midwest. A must read for families raising kids bilingually and for scholars interested in the vitality of Spanish in the US. * Kim Potowski, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA * This book is a fascinating portrayal of the struggle, resilience and triumph of Spanish language maintenance from an up-close-and-personal perspective in the US Midwest. Isabel Velazquez has gifted us with an innovative example of a storytelling sociology of language that will be emulated by researchers in years to come and that shines a bright light on the personal and lived consequences of language policy. * Glenn A. Martinez, The Ohio State University, USA * Masterfully written and highly compelling, this book not only foregrounds the voices of Latina mothers in Nebraska's New Latino Diaspora, it helps us understand the important role they play in language maintenance and transmission, as well as the great cost to society when these processes are interrupted. * Theresa Catalano, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA *


Quite simply, without intergenerational transmission of a language within families, there is no maintenance and thus very little for linguists to study. This carefully nuanced study explores everyday linguistic choices navigated by working class Mexican immigrant mothers in the Midwest. A must-read for families raising kids bilingually and for scholars interested in the vitality of Spanish in the US. * Kim Potowski, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA * This book is a fascinating portrayal of the struggle, resilience and triumph of Spanish language maintenance from an up-close-and-personal perspective in the US Midwest. Isabel Velazquez has gifted us with an innovative example of a storytelling sociology of language that will be emulated by researchers in years to come and that shines a bright light on the personal and lived consequences of language policy. * Glenn A. Martinez, The Ohio State University, USA * Masterfully written and highly compelling, this book not only foregrounds the voices of Latina mothers in Nebraska's New Latino Diaspora, it helps us understand the important role they play in language maintenance and transmission, as well as the great cost to society when these processes are interrupted. * Theresa Catalano, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA *


Masterfully written and highly compelling, this book not only foregrounds the voices of Latina mothers in Nebraska’s New Latino Diaspora, it helps us understand the important role they play in language maintenance and transmission, as well as the great cost to society when these processes are interrupted. * Theresa Catalano, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA * This book is a fascinating portrayal of the struggle, resilience and triumph of Spanish language maintenance from an up-close-and-personal perspective in the US Midwest. Isabel Velázquez has gifted us with an innovative example of a storytelling sociology of language that will be emulated by researchers in years to come and that shines a bright light on the personal and lived consequences of language policy. * Glenn A. Martinez, The Ohio State University, USA * Quite simply, without intergenerational transmission of a language within families, there is no maintenance and thus very little for linguists to study. This carefully nuanced study explores everyday linguistic choices navigated by working class Mexican immigrant mothers in the Midwest. A must-read for families raising kids bilingually and for scholars interested in the vitality of Spanish in the US. * Kim Potowski, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA *


This book is a fascinating portrayal of the struggle, resilience and triumph of Spanish language maintenance from an up-close-and-personal perspective in the US Midwest. Isabel Velazquez has gifted us with an innovative example of a storytelling sociology of language that will be emulated by researchers in years to come and that shines a bright light on the personal and lived consequences of language policy. * Glenn A. Martinez, The Ohio State University, USA * Masterfully written and highly compelling, this book not only foregrounds the voices of Latina mothers in Nebraska's New Latino Diaspora, it helps us understand the important role they play in language maintenance and transmission, as well as the great cost to society when these processes are interrupted. * Theresa Catalano, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA *


Masterfully written and highly compelling, this book not only foregrounds the voices of Latina mothers in Nebraska's New Latino Diaspora, it helps us understand the important role they play in language maintenance and transmission, as well as the great cost to society when these processes are interrupted. * Theresa Catalano, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA *


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Isabel Velázquez is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. Her research interests include bilingualism, sociolinguistics and heritage languages, with a particular focus on Spanish in the United States.

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