Dynamics of Linguistic Diversity.

Intro -- Dynamics of Linguistic Diversity -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Financial support -- Table of contents -- Dedication page -- Introduction. Dynamics of linguistic diversity -- 1. Concept of language as languages -- 2. Contextual influences on multilingual development -- 3. Linguistic features of multilingual communication -- 4. Multilingual discourse and spaces -- References -- Conceptualizing language: Linguistic theory and language policy -- Structuralism in linguistic theory -- The Canadian context -- Has official bilingualism worked in Canada? -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix 1. Canada's official languages -- Accent on the positive: Revisiting the 'Language as Resource' orientation for bolstering multilingualism in contemporary urban EuropeRevisiting the 'Language as Resource' orientation for bolstering multilingualism in contemporary urban Europe -- Introduction -- Origins of nations and languages -- Hamburg -- Linguistic diversity -- Multilingualism as resource -- Intellectual resource -- Cultural resource -- Family resource -- Economic resource -- Rights resource -- Active citizenship resource -- Policy change to support multilingualism -- References -- Home literacy activities of mono- and multilingual children in middle childhood -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Home literacy as a predictor of (academic) language skills -- 3. Home literacy in mono- and multilingual families -- 4. Research objective and hypotheses -- 5. Sample description -- 6. Results -- 6.1 Oral and literate activities in mono- and multilingual families -- 6.2 TV consumption in mono- and multilingual families -- 6.3 The family's SES as an explanation for different home literacy patterns -- 7. Discussion and conclusion -- Home literacy activities in early vs. middle childhood -- Home literacy experiences of mono- and multilingual children.

The role of the family's SES -- Limitations and prospects for future research -- References -- Heritage language use among Turkish and Vietnamese mothers in Germany: Heritage language use among Turkish and Vietnamese mothers in Germany -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Explaining heritage language use -- 3. Data and methods -- Data -- Dependent variable -- Independent variables -- 4. Results -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Biscriptality and heritage language maintenance: Russian in Germany -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Biscriptality and its relation to the acquisition of (bi)literacy -- 2.1 Overview of previous research -- 2.2 Research questions for the current study -- 3. Study design -- 3.1 Participants -- 3.2 Data sampling method -- 4. Results I: Script choice and orthography -- 4.1 Quantitative distribution of scripts in the corpus -- 4.2 Age upon arrival and script choice -- 4.3 Latin characters used to render Russian sounds in the corpus -- 4.4 Cyrillic-internal character variation in the corpus -- 5. Discussion of results regarding script choice and orthography -- 6. Results II: Correlation of script choice and overall proficiency in the heritage language -- 6. Results II: Correlation of script choice and overall proficiency in the heritage language -- 6.1 Script choice and task accomplishment -- 6.2 Script choice and syntactic performance in the texts -- 6.3 Script choice and morphological correctness scores -- 6.4 Script choice and lexical diversity -- 7. Discussion of results regarding script choice and proficiency in the heritage language -- 7. Discussion of results regarding script choice and proficiency in the heritage language -- 8. Conclusions -- 9. Outlook -- References.

Bilingual lexicon development in German in preschool children with the home languages Russian and Turkish: Bilingual lexicon development in German in preschool children with the home languages Russian and Turkish -- Introduction -- Lexical abilities in bilingual children -- Socio-economic status and language -- The study: Research questions and hypotheses -- Method -- Design of the study -- Participants -- Linguistic tests -- Statistical analysis -- Results -- General lexicon development -- Word production -- Word comprehension -- Language groups -- Socio-economic status -- Discussion and conclusion -- References -- Dominant language transfer in heritage languages: Redefining the 'structural', and the 'transfer' in 'structural transfer'Redefining the 'structural', and the 'transfer' in 'structural transfer' -- Introduction -- Two case studies -- Datives in Spanish -- Resultatives in Ambon Malay -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Overarching consonant alternations: A case study of an unbalanced trilingual situation Bundeli - Hindi - English -- Introduction -- Interrelations between Bundeli, Hindi and Indian English -- Interrelation between Bundeli and Hindi -- Bundeli - Hindi cross-phonemic alternations -- Phonological adaptation of English -- Accommodation of Standard English (RP) consonants in Hindi, Bundeli and Indian English -- Accommodation of Standard English (RP) consonants in Hindi, Bundeli and Indian English -- Data analysis and methodology -- Audio data -- Audio data processing -- Alternation rate -- Discussion of the results -- Summary of the data analysis -- Linguistic perspective -- Sociolinguistic perspective -- Limitations of the analysis -- Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- References.

Temporal adverbs as structuring devices in narratives of multilingual students: Temporal adverbs as structuring devices in narratives of multilingual students -- Introduction -- On structure and function of narratives -- Narrative development in the context of later language development -- Study design and data -- Some background on temporal expressions in sample narratives -- Positioning of 'dann' in texts by adolescent students -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Teaching academic discourse practices in multilingual classrooms: Teaching academic discourse practices in multilingual classrooms: Insights into coding results and qualitative analyses of a video study -- 0. Overview -- 1. The BilLe video study: Theoretical background and research design -- 1.1 Theoretical background -- 1.2 Research design -- 2. Coding results of the surface structures (Quantitative analyses) -- 2.1 Organization of classroom interaction -- 2.2 Teacher and student talk time during whole-class work -- 3. Sample results from qualitative analyses in a primary school -- 3.1 The presentation -- 3.2 The reflection session after the presentation -- 3.3 Insights obtained from the analyses -- 4. Summary -- References -- Dublin: Linguistic habitus and hierarchies in the (new) multilingual cityLinguistic habitus and hierarchies in the (new) multilingual city -- Introduction -- The LUCIDE research network: Aims and methods -- Researching multilingual Dublin: Context and background -- Population diversity in Dublin -- The language policy context -- Multilingual Dublin: Economic regeneration, language distribution, ordered indexicalities -- Multilingualism in the Dublin Docklands: Affordances and challenges of the monolingual habitus -- The north inner city: Commercialism and contradictions in a highly multilingual area -- Stakeholder input -- Conclusion &amp.

suggestions for further research -- References -- Index -- Name index.

This volume emphasizes the energetic nature of linguistic diversity and its consequences of how we think about language, how it affects the individual, education in school, and urban spaces across the globe.

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