22.1096, Books: Historical Linguistics/Sociolinguistics/Typology: Hamid

Sat Mar 5 18:20:16 UTC 2011

LINGUIST List: Vol-22-1096. Sat Mar 05 2011. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 22.1096, Books: Historical Linguistics/Sociolinguistics/Typology: Hamid

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org>

Reviews: Veronika Drake, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Monica Macaulay, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Rajiv Rao, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Joseph Salmons, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Anja Wanner, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
       <reviews at linguistlist.org> 

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, 
and donations from subscribers and publishers.

Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemeh at linguistlist.org>
================================================================  
Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated
from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:
          http://multitree.linguistlist.org/

Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers
are available at the end of this issue. 

===========================Directory==============================  

1)
Date: 03-Mar-2011
From: Christian Bieri [publicity at peterlang.com]
Subject: Language Use and Identity: Hamid

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:18:56
From: Christian Bieri [publicity at peterlang.com]
Subject: Language Use and Identity: Hamid

E-mail this message to a friend:
http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=22-1096.html&submissionid=4500622&topicid=2&msgnumber=1

Title: Language Use and Identity 
Subtitle: The Sylheti Bangladeshis in Leeds 
Series Title: Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics - Volume 26  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Peter Lang AG
	   http://www.peterlang.com

Author: Shahela Hamid

Paperback: ISBN:  9783039115594 Pages: 225 Price: U.S. $ 68.95
Paperback: ISBN:  9783039115594 Pages: 225 Price: U.K. £ 40.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9783039115594 Pages: 225 Price: Europe EURO 44.40 Comment: for Germany EURO 47.50, for Austria EURO 48.80 (incl. VAT)

Abstract:

This is the first ethnographic survey of language behaviour, attitudes and
perceptions of different generations of Sylheti migrants of rural origin.
For Sylheti Bangladeshi migrants the use of the maatri bhaasha ('mother
language') - whether this is the regional variety (Sylheti) or the standard
variety (Bengali/Bangla) - is highly significant. The analysis indicates
unequivocally that Sylheti is dominant among immediate and extended family
and friends. It is the lingua franca of the majority in that no other
language is necessary for this encapsulated community.
This book provides detailed analysis of the relationship between Sylheti
Bangladeshi migrants' language use and their understanding of the concept
of 'mother language'. It examines the socio-historic and socio-political
background of the Bangla language and Bangla nationalism, the role of the
mother tongue for speakers of regional language varieties, the typology of
diglossia in Bangla, and linguistic differences between Sylheti and Bangla.
The enduring popularity of Sylheti and evidence of Sylheti-English
bilingualism serve to substantiate the concept of the additive role of
minority languages in a bilingual context. 

Contents: Language maintenance and shift - Sylheti community in diaspora -
Sylhet, area of origin of the migrants - Migration, chain migration and
cultural continuity of migrants - Socio-historic and socio-political
background of Bangla/Bengali - Linguistic description of Bangla -
Linguistic description of Sylheti. 

Shahela Hamid was awarded her PhD by the University of York and currently
works as a Forensic Linguist at J.P. French Associates, York. She has
extensive fieldwork experience in ethnographic survey procedures among the
Sylheti community in the UK. Her research includes functional analysis of
code-switching behaviour among primary-school children of Sylheti origin in
Tower Hamlets and investigation of linguistic practices and negotiation of
multilingual and multicultural identities of Sylheti children attending
complementary schools in the UK. 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Sylheti (syl)

Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=53751

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help 
keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year.

See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund 
Drive 2011 site!

http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2011/

There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST!

You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at  
https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm

Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: 
https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm

For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to 
donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: 
http://linguistlist.org/donation/

The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as 
such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 
501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These 
donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return 
(U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact 
your financial advisor.

Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match 
any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your 
contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the 
EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple 
administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without 
costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company 
operates such a program.

Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST!

MAJOR SUPPORTERS

	Brill          
		http://www.brill.nl	

	Cambridge Scholars Publishing          
		http://www.c-s-p.org	

	Cascadilla Press          
		http://www.cascadilla.com/	

	Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd          
		http://www.continuumbooks.com	

	De Gruyter Mouton          
		http://www.degruyter.com/mouton	

	Edinburgh University Press          
		http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/	

	Elsevier Ltd          
		http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics	

	Emerald Group Publishing Limited          
		http://www.emeraldinsight.com/	

	Equinox Publishing Ltd          
		http://www.equinoxpub.com/	

	Georgetown University Press          
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu	

	John Benjamins          
		http://www.benjamins.com/	

	Lincom GmbH          
		http://www.lincom.eu	

	MIT Press          
		http://mitpress.mit.edu/	

	Morgan & Claypool Publishers          

	Multilingual Matters          
		http://www.multilingual-matters.com/	

	Oxford University Press          
		http://www.oup.com/us	

	Palgrave Macmillan          
		http://www.palgrave.com	

	Peter Lang AG          
		http://www.peterlang.com	

	Rodopi          
		http://www.rodopi.nl/	

	Routledge (Taylor and Francis)          
		http://www.routledge.com/	

	Springer          
		http://www.springer.com	

	University of Toronto Press          
		http://www.utpjournals.com/	

	Wiley-Blackwell          
		http://www.wiley.com	

OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS	

	Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
		http://www.fl.ul.pt/revistas/JPL/JPLweb.htm 

	Graduate Linguistic Students' Association, Umass
		http://glsa.hypermart.net/ 

	Linguistic Association of Finland
		http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/ 

	Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
		http://www.lotpublications.nl/ 

	Pacific Linguistics
		http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ 

	University of Nebraska Press

-----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-22-1096	
----------------------------------------------------------
Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated
from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:
          http://multitree.linguistlist.org/