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Rasinger, Sebastian

 
9783039110360: Bengali-English in East London: A Study in Urban Multilingualism
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ISBN 10 : 3039110365 ISBN 13 : 9783039110360
Editeur : Verlag Peter Lang, 2007

Synopsis

Following two major waves of immigration after World War II, the Bangladeshi community in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets is now one of the largest in the Bangladeshi diaspora, counting some 65,000 people. This is the first in-depth study of language and language-use within this Bangladeshi community. Based on a corpus of spontaneous speech data collected within the area, it provides the reader with an overview of the linguistic characteristics of ‘Bengali-English' as well as patterns of language-use. This book focuses on three areas : first, following the tradition of similar studies of the language of minority groups, an analysis of Bengali-English morphosyntax provides a detailed description of its morphosyntactic properties and the different developmental stages learners pass through. Second, a sociolinguistic analysis of the influence of social and psychological factors on the language and its speakers is presented. And last, based on quantitative survey data, and supported by qualitative data obtained through ethnographic interviews, the study evaluates the issues of identity and ethnolinguistic vitality within the Bangladeshi community.

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À propos de l'auteur

The Author : Sebastian M. Rasinger is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English Language at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, having previously worked at the University of Sussex, Roehampton University and the University of Westminster. He holds a D.Phil. in Linguistics and a Postgraduate Certificate in Social Research Methods from the University of Sussex. His primary research interests are in the area of urban multilingualism, particularly second language acquisition and language-use in migrant communities, and language and identity.

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Éditeur
Verlag Peter Lang
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3039110365
ISBN 13 
9783039110360
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
270
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