Bilingual Pre-Teens
Competing Ideologies and Multiple Identities in the U.S. and Germany
By Janet M. Fuller | Publisher: Taylor and Francis
About the book
This volume examines the connection between socio-economic class and bilingual practices, a previously under-researched area, through looking at differences in bilingual settings that are classified as \"immigrant\" or \"elite\" and are thus linked to socio-economic class categories. Fuller chooses for this examination bilingual pre-teen children in Germany and the U.S. in order to demonstrate how local identities are embedded in a wider social world and how ideologies and identities both produce and reproduce each other. In so doing, she argues that while pre-teen children are clearly influenced by macro-level ideologies, they also have agency in how they choose to construct their identities with relation to hegemonic societal discourses, and have many other motivations and identities aside from social class membership which shape their linguistic practices.
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This volume examines the connection between socio-economic class and bilingual practices, a previously under-researched area, through looking at differences in bilingual settings that are classified as \"immigrant\" or \"elite\" and are thus linked to socio-economic class categories. Fuller chooses for this examination bilingual pre-teen children in Germany and the U.S. in order to demonstrate how local identities are embedded in a wider social world and how ideologies and identities both produce and reproduce each other. In so doing, she argues that while pre-teen children are clearly influenced by macro-level ideologies, they also have agency in how they choose to construct their identities with relation to hegemonic societal discourses, and have many other motivations and identities aside from social class membership which shape their linguistic practices.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Bilingual Pre-Teens about?
This volume examines the connection between socio-economic class and bilingual practices, a previously under-researched area, through looking at differences in bilingual settings that are classified as \"immigrant\" or \"elite\" and are thus linked to socio-economic class categories. Fuller chooses for this examination bilingual pre-teen children in Germany and the U.S. in order to demonstrate how local identities are embedded in a wider social world and how ideologies and identities both produce and reproduce each other. In so doing, she argues that while pre-teen children are clearly influenced by macro-level ideologies, they also have agency in how they choose to construct their identities with relation to hegemonic societal discourses, and have many other motivations and identities aside from social class membership which shape their linguistic practices.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Bilingual Pre-Teens?
Language and Linguistics > Linguistics
Where can I read a sample of Bilingual Pre-Teens?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781136275593
Is Bilingual Pre-Teens part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Bilingual Pre-Teens?
Janet M. Fuller
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Bilingual Pre-Teens is available as ebook(ISBN 9781136275593) and pdf(ISBN 9781136275609)