Languages in America: A Pluralist View
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In response to "English only" activists, sociolinguist Dicker presents an argument for the benefits of language diversity in the United States. She begins by discussing the role language plays in personal and public identity and debunks the idea of America as a "melting pot." Other topics include attitudes toward minority languages in American education, federal language-restrictionist legislation, and the practice of official multilingualism in other countries. Dicker (English, Hostos Community College, CUNY) was born in New York City of multilingual immigrant parents. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Language and Identity12The Melting-Pot Mythology383Common Misconceptions About Language Learning824Languages in the Schools1155The Modern Official-English Movement1646Challenges to Language Restrictionism2167Lessons in Multilingualism Beyond the United States2578The Possibilities of a Pluralistic, Multilingual America300Epilogue321References323Index348
