Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas: Acquisition, identities, space, education

390 Pages·2013·7.37 MB·English

by  Peter Siemund

Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas
Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity (HSLD)
The HSLD series publishes research from colloquia on linguistic diversity
organized by the LiMA Research Cluster at the University of Hamburg.
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Editors
Peter Siemund Ingrid Gogolin
Linguistic Diversity Management in Linguistic Diversity Management in Urban Areas
Urban Areas (LiMA)
(LiMA) Comparative and Intercultural Education Research
English and General Linguistics University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg
Volume 1
Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas. Acquisition, identities,
space, education
Edited by Peter Siemund, Ingrid Gogolin, Monika Edith Schulz,
and Julia Davydova
Multilingualism and Language
Diversity in Urban Areas
Acquisition, identities, space, education
Edited by
Peter Siemund
Ingrid Gogolin
Monika Edith Schulz
Julia Davydova
University of Hamburg
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Amsterdam / Philadelphia
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Multilingualism and language diversity in urban areas: acquisition, identities, space,
education / Edited by Peter Siemund, Ingrid Gogolin, Monika Edith Schulz, and
Julia Davydova.
p. cm. (Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, issn 2211-3703 ; v. 1)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Multilingualism--Social aspects. 2. Urban dialects. 3. Language and languages--
Variation. 4. Languages in contact. 5. Sociolinguistics. I. Siemund, Peter, 1965-,
editor of compilation. II. Gogolin, Ingrid, editor of compilation. III. Schulz,
Monika, editor of compilation. IV. Davydova, Julia, 1977- editor of compilation.
P40.5.U73M85 2013
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The production of this series has been made possible through
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Linguistic Diversity Management in Urban Areas – LiMA
by the Forschungs- und Wissenschaftsstiftung Hamburg.

Table of contents
Introducing a new series ix
Peter Siemund and Ingrid Gogolin
Multilingualism, language contact, and urban areas: An introduction 1
Ingrid Gogolin, Peter Siemund, Monika Schulz, and Julia Davydova
Language acquisition, contact, and change
Voice onset time across the generations: A cross-linguistic study
of contact-induced change 19
Naomi Nagy and Alexei Kochetov
Investigating second language pronunciation 39
Mary Grantham O’Brien
Ethnolects in Northern Norway: From national negligence
to local linguistic pride 63
Hilde Sollid
Two gender systems in one mind: The acquisition of grammatical gender
in Norwegian-Russian bilinguals 95
Yulia Rodina and Marit Westergaard
Multilingual identities
Selfing and othering through categories of race, place, and language
among minority youths in Rotterdam, The Netherlands 129
Leonie Cornips and Vincent A. de Rooij
Multilingualism and identity: What linguistic biographies
of migrants can tell us 165
Hans-Jürgen Krumm
Ethnolect studies in the German and the Netherlandic area:
An overview 177
Pieter Muysken and Julian Rott
viii Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas
Urban spaces
The delicate search for language in spaces:
Multilingualism as a resource in urban development? 209
Ingrid Breckner, Hagen Peukert, and Alexander Pinto
The management of multilingualism in a city-state:
Language policy in Singapore 227
Jakob R. E. Leimgruber
Multilingual communication in Hamburg: A pragmatic approach 257
Angelika Redder
Education
Current research on language transfer: Implications for language
teaching policy and practice 289
Jim Cummins
Multilingual education in India: Overcoming the language barrier
and the burden of the double divide 305
Ajit K. Mohanty
Fostering early literacy learning using dual language books:
Language as a cultural amplifier 327
Rahat Naqvi, Anne McKeough, Keoma J. Thorne,
and Christina M. Pfitscher
Measuring success when English isn’t your native language:
Perspectives from Canada 349
Thomas Ricento
Name index 369
Subject index 377
hamburg studies on linguistic diversity
Introducing a new series
The series Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity represents an interdisciplinary
effort aimed at fostering collaborative work on linguistic diversity and multilin-
gualism. Language being a multifaceted construct, it is open to inquiry from sev-
eral disciplines, notably linguistics and education studies, but also literary studies,
political sciences, economics, law studies, and ethnology, among others. Despite
their common interest, we feel that these disciplines have not bee able to meet at
a level of granularity that is truly beneficial to the subject.
Due to a recent and ongoing increase in global migration, we are currently
witnessing a proliferation of linguistic diversity and multilingualism, especially
in urban areas. In 2009, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg reacted to
these developments, installing and generously funding the research cluster on
Linguistic Diversity Management in Urban Areas (LiMA) as a project within their
Landesexzellenzinitiative. The series Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity is an
immediate outcome of this research initiative offering a platform for the dissemi-
nation of LiMA research results, but also being open to the publication of LiMA
external research.
Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity intends to combine and focus exper-
tise on the investigation of contemporary linguistic diversity, especially as found in
urban centers worldwide. A central question in this endeavor is whether multilin-
gualism and linguistic diversity can be translated into an advantage for individuals
and society, as well as a benefit fostering the social, cultural, and economic devel-
opment of urban areas. One way to advance the knowledge that is required for
answering these questions is the promotion of interdisciplinary and international
discourse among experts in these fields.
Peter Siemund and Ingrid Gogolin (series editors)