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Grammar and Linguistics > Articles on Linguistic Isolation? Please...
Articles on Linguistic Isolation? Please...
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Lana.
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Articles on Linguistic Isolation? Please...
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Dear Teachers,
does anyone have links/docs/articles that speak about linguistic isolation?
I want to make a class around such an article.
I �d like the article to mention that speaking own language witihin a society creates a bubble around those speakers because the rest cannot understand them, and thus there appears a barrier and discomfort.
I hope it doesn �t sound too weird.
Thanks in advance. |
11 Jun 2009
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manonski (f)
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I �m not sure I understand. Do you mean a situation where immigrants speak their mother tongue in a society with a different language? |
11 Jun 2009
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Lana.
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Manonski,
I have Mauritians and Brazilians in the class.
They tend at times to slip into their own languages and they speak
their own languages in the break.
I would just like to give them some information
on the fact that they basically isolate themselves from each other in this way, I don �t
want to brainwash them, but sort of just hint it that.
They put themselves into a bubble where no one else can enter: either teacher or other students, even be it for 5 seconds.
I �d like material about the power of language, linguistic territoriality, linguistic isolation. The more languages you know the more bubbles you can enter.
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Did I just complcate it even more?... Sorry... |
11 Jun 2009
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manonski (f)
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Your question is tough...
I found this:
and I �ll keep looking. |
12 Jun 2009
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Lana.
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Found something decent, not quite what I need, but verry interesting!
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12 Jun 2009
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arkel
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Hi Lana, I know exactly what you mean and I think you �re idea is brilliant. I can �t help you with links, unfortunately, but I �d be really interested to hear how it works. |
12 Jun 2009
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anaisabel001
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MAY BE YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING HERE.
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1500943 -
Paul Siegel, Elizabeth Martin, and Rosalind Bruno
KEY WORDS: English proficiency, language barrier, measurement error, immigration, Voting Rights Act, targeting
ABSTRACT
In this paper, we discuss the Census measurement of household language,
English language ability, and linguistic isolation, review evidence on
non-English language use, and consider the characteristics of
households and areas affected by high rates of linguistic isolation in
1990 and 1980. Because data on linguistic isolation have been used to
target survey activity and suggested as a means of focusing social
programs, we consider several related measurement issues with important
practical implications for potential uses of these data. Both policy
and procedural uses of the concept hinge on the assumption that
linguistic isolation represents a barrier to effective communication.
The strategy of targeting language communications to small areas rests
on the assumption that linguistically isolated households are
geographically concentrated, but in1990 this premise was questionable.
Moreover, it may be difficult to reliably identify areas high in
linguistic isolation due to sampling error. Nonetheless, on the basis
of our review of evidence, we argue that linguistic isolation is more
relevant than non-English language use for shaping strategies for
surveys which require a (single) household informant. The importance of
language as a barrier to survey administration needs direct assessment.
CITATION: Paul Siegel, Elizabeth Martin, and Rosalind Bruno.
�Language Use and Linguistic Isolation: Historical Data and
Methodological Issues.� Pp. 167-190 in Statistical Policy Working Paper 32: 2000 Seminar on Integrating Federal Statistical Information and Processes. Washington DC: Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology, Office of Management and Budget. April 2001.
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12 Jun 2009
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Lana.
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Thank you people, you are absolutely great helping away in the middle of thew night...
Bless you wonderful friends, I´ll be eagerly waiting to start my pc tmrw,
I´m afraid have to go to bed now...
Thanks for all those links all of you, I think I´ll be able to do a compilation of them and then hopefully turn it into a worksheet.
Good night.  |
12 Jun 2009
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aftab57
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Here are some general links.
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12 Jun 2009
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