Latino Language and Literacy in Ethnolinguistic Chicago

by Marcia Farr

Book Overview

This volume--along with its companion Ethnolinguistic Chicago: Language and Literacy in the City's Neighborhoods--fills an important gap in research on Chicago and, more generally, on language use in globalized metropolitan areas. Often cited as a quintessential American city, Chicago is, and always has been, a city of immigrants. It is one of the most linguistically diverse cities in the United States and home to one of the largest and most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805843485
• ISBN13: 9780805843484
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.0"