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English morphosyntax provides a detailed description of its morpho- e S
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Sebastian Rasinger is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English C
Language at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, having previ-
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ously worked at the University of Sussex, Roehampton University 1
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and the University of Westminster. He holds a DPhil in Linguistics L
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and a Postgraduate Certificate in Social Research Methods from the V
University of Sussex. His primary research interests are in the area of
urban multilingualism, particularly second language acquisition and
language–use in migrant communities, and language and identity.
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Following two major waves of immigration after World War II, the S
e
Bangladeshi community in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets b S
a
C
is now one of the largest in the Bangladeshi diaspora, counting some sti TI
65,000 people. This is the first in-depth study of language and lan- a S
n I
U
guage-use within this Bangladeshi community. Based on a corpus of M G
spontaneous speech data collected within the area, it provides the . N
R I
a L
reader with an overview of the linguistic characteristics of ‘Bengali- si E
English’ as well as patterns of language-use. n V
g I
e T
This book focuses on three areas: first, following the tradition of similar r P
studies of the language of minority groups, an analysis of Bengali- RI
B C
English morphosyntax provides a detailed description of its morpho- e S
n E
syntactic properties and the different developmental stages learners g D
a
l N
pass through. Second, a sociolinguistic analysis of the influence of i-E I
social and psychological factors on the language and its speakers n S
g E BENGALI-ENGLISH
is presented. And last, based on quantitative survey data, and sup- li DI
s
h U
ported by qualitative data obtained through ethnographic interviews, i T
n S
the study evaluates the issues of identity and ethnolinguistic vitality IN EAST LONDON
E Y
within the Bangladeshi community. a R
s A
t
L R
o O
n
P
d
o M
n E
T
N A STUDY IN URBAN MULTILINGUALISM
O
Sebastian Rasinger is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English C
Language at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, having previ-
1 Sebastian M. Rasinger
ously worked at the University of Sussex, Roehampton University 1
.
and the University of Westminster. He holds a DPhil in Linguistics L
O
and a Postgraduate Certificate in Social Research Methods from the V
University of Sussex. His primary research interests are in the area of
urban multilingualism, particularly second language acquisition and
language–use in migrant communities, and language and identity.
G Tense-Aspect Development
N
A in Advanced L2 French
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E
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