The multilingual Apple : languages in New York City / edited by Ofelia García, Joshua A. Fishman
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| Subjects: | Linguistic minorities--New York (State)--New York Sociolinguistics--New York (State)--New York New York (N.Y.)--Languages |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1997 |
| Series: | Contributions to the sociology of language 77 |
| LC Classification: | P |
| Table of Contents: | Foreword / Ofelia Garcia, Joshua A. Fishman New York's multilingualism: World languages and their role in a U.S. city / Ofelia Garcia 3 Irish in nineteenth century New York / Kenneth E. Nilsen 53 German in New York / John R. Costello 71 Yiddish in New York / Hannah Kliger, Rakhmiel Peltz 93 Italian in New York / Hermann W. Haller 119 Greek in New York / Chrysie M. Costantakos, John N. Spiridakis 143 Spanish in New York / Ana Celia Zentella 167 Hebrew in New York / Alvin I. Schiff 203 Chinese in New York / Shiwen Pan 231 The languages of India in New York / Kamal K. Sridhar 257 Haitian Creole in New York / Carole M. Berotte Joseph 281 English Caribbean Creole in New York / Lise Winer, Lona Jack 301 Do ethnics have culture? And what's so special about New York anyway? / Joshua A. Fishman 341 Contributors 355 Index 357 |
| Additional Authors: | García, Ofelia Fishman, Joshua A |
| Notes: | LCCN: 96006544 ISBN: 3110157071 (pbk.) ISBN: 3110150891 (acid-free paper) Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 373 p. : map ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 36104199 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 3110157071 3110150891 |