Linguistic diversity and cultural identity : a global perspective / Quynh L�e and Thao L�e, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English and its role in Hong Kong cultural identity / Sivanes Phillipson, Michelle R. Raquel and Jan C. Gube -- Maritime English -- the need to bridge linguistic and cultural barriers in the international shipping industry / Ulf Schriever -- Investigating identities through language use: a perspective of discourse analysis / Yongming Shi, Si Fan and Thao L�e -- Gendered Japanese: a synchronic look at contemporary 'Joseego' / Barry Kavanagh -- The study of cultural identity in China English / Jingxia Liu and Thao L�e -- Is cultural capital a catalyst for better career prospects? A case study / Ruth M. H. Wong -- Us and them in the sun: creating a reader "community" through role modelling / Thomas Hawes -- From mother-tongue nationalism to plurilingual European citizens: the case of Turkey / Ilknur Pekkanli -- What room left for reunion creole? Linguistic monopoly, identity and representation / Florence Dupr�e -- German language maintenance and shift: the case of Columbus, Ohio / Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner -- An investigation of individual networks of linguistic contact among Vietnamese origin children in Australia / Thi Minh Phuong Nguyen and Quynh L�e -- The language rights of indigenous languages: an approach to maintaining Indonesia's linguistic and cultural diversity / Handoyo Puji Widodo and Aan Erlyana Fardhani -- The future of Low German -- results from a sociolinguistic field study / Heiko Wiggers -- Preserving one's mother tongue: second and third generation native language loss in immigrant families / Brian O'Sullivan -- Vietnamese person reference system as an appraisal resource / Thu Thi Bich Ngo and Len Unsworth -- The significance of the pan-cultural factors of self-concept, friendship, and emotional development on students' learning and identity / Ian Hay and Nathan Simmons -- Linguistic shock: a challenge to language learning / Si Fan, Yongming Shi and Thao L�e -- Rap music: language, culture and identity / Yang Yang, Sun Hee Jang and Hoang Boi Nguyen -- Music and empowerment: educational and cultural perspectives / Mark Huy L�e -- Impoliteness and face: the pragmatics of insulting in Cameroon Pidgin English / Joseph Nkwain and Thao L�e -- International students in a new cultural environment / Yun Yue and Quynh L�e -- Global migration: linguistic and social challenges / Robert MacLeod and Quynh L�e -- English language teaching materials and learners' cultural identity / Sasan Baleghizadeh -- A critical perspective on the representation of racial identities in business English course books / Sarah Bedford -- How to research street kids? Methodological considerations / Mark Huy L�e -- English as a powerful foreign language in Vietnam / Hoang Boi Nguyen and Thao L�e.

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English.

The world is becoming more and more intricately multidimensional, both culturally and linguistically. Language is so deeply embedded in culture that cultural identity is defined to a great extent in terms of language. Based on this premise, the loss of one's language contributes to the loss of one's culture. This is the reason it is essential to maintain one's linguistic integrity in order to protect one's cultural identity. This new book captures the fundamental concepts and issues raised in this context.

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