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Title: Demographic and Socioeconomic Basis of Ethnolinguistics

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: The scope of linguistic demography as I envision it is suggested by the table of contents of this book. Specifically, I deal with such topics as the sources and quality of the data on, and methods of, linguistic demography; the concept of ethnicity and its relation to language, religion, and race; the history of inquiries on language use in the United States; the language situation in the United States and around the world, including the role of bilingualism; the families of languages and national and official languages; the factors determining the acquisition of a host country’s national language and their measurement; the role of ethnolinguistic differences in group conflict and in national independence movements; and variations in language usage according to various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, including social networks. Separate attention is devoted to the language situation among indigenous and preliterate populations, sensory-impaired and mentally impaired populations, and religious communities. Throughout the book literacy has been incorporated as a topic of intrinsic relevance to the study of linguistic demography.

Url: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-61778-7

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Authors: Siegel, Jacob, S

Publisher: Springer

Publisher Location: Cham, Switzerland

Pages: 719

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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