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Multilingual La La Land: Language Use in Sixteen Greater Los Angeles Communities book cover

1st Edition

Multilingual La La Land Language Use in Sixteen Greater Los Angeles Communities

Edited By Claire Hitchens Chik Copyright 2022
362 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

362 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

362 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Home to immigrants from more than 140 countries speaking over 180 languages, Los Angeles is a microcosm of the world. While Los Angeles' ethnic enclaves have been the subject of study by researchers from a wide range of fields, these enclaves remain under-researched from a linguistic standpoint. Multilingual La La Land addresses the sociolinguistic landscape of the Greater Los Angeles... Read more

Introduction

1. Arabic in Greater Los Angeles: Many Varieties, One Community

    By Afaf Nash

2. Armenian in Greater Los Angeles: Negotiating Intralinguistic Diversity in a Diaspora Epicenter

    By Shushan Karapetian and Hagop Gulludjian

3. Chinese: Multiple Varieties in a Changing Greater Los Angeles

    By Ming-Hsuan Wu, Claire Hitchins Chik, and Andrew Simpson

4. Filipino: Language Practices and Affective Connections in Greater Los Angeles

    By Nenita Pambid Domingo, Claire Hitchins Chik, and Maria Carreira

5. French in Greater Los Angeles: Challenges and Opportunities

    By Mina Soroosh, Claire Hitchins Chik,and Fabrice Jaumont

6. German: The Invisible Language Minority: The Historical, Political, and Linguistic Dimensions of the German Language Landscape in Multilingual La La Land

    By Britta Bothe

7. Hebrew and Yiddish in Greater Los Angeles: Bilingualism, Metalinguistic Communities, and Ethnolinguistic Infusion

    By Sarah Bunin Benor and Netta Avineri

8. Japanese: Language Practices and Cultural Exposure over Multiple Generations in Greater Los Angeles

    By Mary Ann Triest, Asako Hayashi Takakura,and Claire Hitchins Chik

9. Khmer Language Use and Presence in the Linguistic Landscape of Greater Los Angeles’ Cambodia Town

    By Wayne E. Wright and Virak Chan

10. Korean in Greater Los Angeles: Negotiation between the Individual and Ethnolinguistic Community Across Generations

    By Hannah Saeyoung Lim

11. Languages of South Asia in Greater Los Angeles: Diversity Diversified

By Gyanam Mahajan and Claire Hitchins Chik

12. Persian Language Use and Vitality in Tehrangeles

    By Amy Malek

13. Russian in Greater Los Angeles: A Changing Landscape

    By Susan Kresin, Dante Matero and Susan Bauckus

14. Spanish: Never a Foreign Language in Greater Los Angeles

    By Maria Carreira

15. Thai as a Diasporic Language in Greater Los Angeles

    By Shoichi Iwasaki and Jenjit Gasigitamrong

16. Vietnamese: Language Use in Little Saigon and Other Greater Los Angeles Neighborhoods

By Natalie A. Tran, Bang Lang Do, and Claire Hitchins Chik

Biography

Claire Hitchins Chik is Associate Director of the Title VI National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA.

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