TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dicker,Susan J.
TI  - Languages in America: a pluralist view 
T2  - Bilingual education and bilingualism
SN  - 0585171688
AV  - P377 .D53 1996eb
U1  - 306.4/4973 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Philadelphia, Pa.
PB  - Multilingual Matters
KW  - Language policy
KW  - United States
KW  - Multilingualism
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - fast
KW  - Meertaligheid
KW  - gtt
KW  - Onderwijs
KW  - Languages & Literatures
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Philology & Linguistics
KW  - Languages
KW  - Verenigde Staten
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index; Language and Identity --; The Melting-Pot Mythology --; Common Misconceptions About Language Learning --; Languages in the Schools --; The Modern Official-English Movement --; Challenges to Language Restrictionism --; Lessons in Multilingualism Beyond the United States --; The Possibilities of a Pluralistic, Multilingual America
N2  - "In the United States today, an intense discourse is taking place on what the future of the nation will be. Alarmists point to the most recent wave of immigrants, mostly from non-European countries, as the source of current societal malaise. In particular, they consider the diversity of language that these immigrants bring with them to be an inherent threat to the American way of life." "Languages In America: a Plural View is a vigorous response to this perspective by a sociolinguist and teacher, Susan J. Dicker. Drawing on knowledge from the fields of linguistics, history and sociology, Dicker presents a cogent argument for language diversity in the United States. She explores the importance of native language. She debunks the mythology of the melting pot image of America. She tackles common misconceptions about second-language learning, reveals the nativist roots of the official-English movement, and describes how other countries have dealt with language pluralism. Finally, Dicker asks her readers to imagine America as an open, pluralistic society in which language diversity plays an important part."--Jacket
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