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Language, Immigration and Naturalization: Legal and Linguistic Issues
Ariel Loring
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Description for Language, Immigration and Naturalization: Legal and Linguistic Issues
Paperback. This volume focuses on the everyday legalities and practicalities of naturalization, bringing together scholars from a wide range of specialities all accentuating language. The book raises issues that often remain unarticulated or masked in the media and will be of interest to scholars of policy and politics as well as linguists. Editor(s): Loring, Ariel; Ramanathan, Vaidehi (University of California, Davis). Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFDC; JFFN; LNDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
This volume focuses on the everyday legalities and practicalities of naturalization including governmental processes, the language of citizenship tests and classes, the labelling and lived experiences of immigrants/outsiders and the media's interpretation of this process. The book brings together scholars from a wide range of specialities who accentuate language and raise issues that often remain unarticulated or masked in the media. The contributors highlight how governmental policies and practices affect native-born citizens and residents differently on the basis of legal status. Furthermore, the authors observe that many issues that are typically seen as affecting immigrants (such as language policies, nationalist ... Read more
This volume focuses on the everyday legalities and practicalities of naturalization including governmental processes, the language of citizenship tests and classes, the labelling and lived experiences of immigrants/outsiders and the media's interpretation of this process. The book brings together scholars from a wide range of specialities who accentuate language and raise issues that often remain unarticulated or masked in the media. The contributors highlight how governmental policies and practices affect native-born citizens and residents differently on the basis of legal status. Furthermore, the authors observe that many issues that are typically seen as affecting immigrants (such as language policies, nationalist ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783095148
SKU
V9781783095148
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About Ariel Loring
Ariel Loring received her PhD in linguistics from University of California, Davis, USA and is now affiliated with UC Davis and California State University, Sacramento, USA. Her interest areas include language policy, language ideologies, discourse analysis, citizenship, immigration and naturalization. Vaidehi Ramanathan is Professor of Applied Sociolinguistics at University of California, Davis, USA. ... Read more
Reviews for Language, Immigration and Naturalization: Legal and Linguistic Issues
The studies in this book offer valuable insights into issues of belonging and (dis-)citizenship.
Neda Salahshour, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Language in Society 47 (2018)
All contributions in this volume work very well together to provide the reader with substantial information regarding the investigated topics, as well as a rigorous elaboration of ... Read more
Neda Salahshour, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Language in Society 47 (2018)
All contributions in this volume work very well together to provide the reader with substantial information regarding the investigated topics, as well as a rigorous elaboration of ... Read more