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zedat.fu-berlin.de>Joshua A.Fishman IN PRAISE OF THE BELOVED LANGUAGE A Comparative View Of Positive Ethnolinguistic Consciousness 1997. 23 x 15.5 cm. XIX, 351 pages. Cloth DM 228,-/approx. US$ 163.00 ISBN 3-11-015090-5 Contributions to the Sociology of Language 76 Mouton de Gruyter * Berlin * New York This is an analysis and interpretation of the thematic content of statements of praise and commitment pertaining to a sample of vernacular languages from all over the world. It is an attempt to describe, classify, interpret and make a few quantitative comparisons in connection with the positive content of ethnolinguistic consciousness, a topic which has thus far been left untreated in the voluminous literature on ethnicity and nationalism. Among the questions asked are: What are the positive views about their vernaculars that have been expressed by peoples all over the world? Are there any regularities to these views, across time and across space? Are there more common and less common themes, and if so, which are which? This study of ethnolinguistic consciousness, that is, of what may become a component, a channel, and a goal of nationalism, will be obligatory reading for all interested in the relation between ethnolinguistic consciousness and nationalism. _______________________________________________________________________ Tara Goldstein TWO LANGUAGES AT WORK Bilingual Life on the Production Floor 1997. 23 x 15.5 cm. XV, 276 pages. Cloth DM 198,-/approx. US$ 141.00 ISBN 3-11-015058-1 Contributions to the Sociology of Language 74 Mouton de Gruyter * Berlin * New York This is an exciting new ethnography about language use, identity, and economic survival and mobility in a Canadian manufacturing factory. Inquiring into the meaning of languages for Portuguese immigrant workers, Goldstein explores the questions of why workers do or do not learn official languages of their host countries, why workers do or do not maintain their mother tongues, and why workers are or are not able to exploit their linguistic resources in local labour markets. By examining the context of second language learning in a new way, Goldstein challenges researchers and teachers to re-examine assumptions about how to best help students in the process of learning a second language. _______________________________________________________________________ Mouton de Gruyter Walter de Gruyter, Inc. Postfach 30 34 21 200 Saw Mill River Road D-10728 Berlin Hawthorne, NY 10532 Germany USA Fax: +49 (0)30 26005-351 Fax: +1 914 747-1326 email: 100064.2307Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
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