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The Visibility and Salience of Languages in an Indian Agglomeration: A Case Study

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Begum, Nusrat; Sinha, Sweta – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2023

Linguistic landscaping (LL) is an emerging field of Sociolinguistics exploring the language in its textual form in public sphere. This paper investigates the visibility and prominence of languages in the public space of Patna, the capital city of Bihar, India. A total of 10 city neighborhoods are chosen for the study. The corpus of the study is…

Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Neighborhoods, Signs, Language Planning

Mother Tongue Marginalisation: An Empirical Study on Language Visibility and Vitality in Public Space of an Indian Satellite Town

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Begum, Nusrat; Sinha, Sweta – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2021

Linguistic landscaping is an emerging field of sociolinguistics exploring language in its textual form in the public sphere. Studies on Linguistic Landscape (LL) can be used as a tool to interpret language vitality in a given territory. The present study investigates visibility and vitality of languages in public space of Bihta, an upcoming…

Descriptors: Native Language, Language Attitudes, Signs, Language Planning

Affirming Students' Right to Their Own Language: Bridging Language Policies and Pedagogical Practices

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Scott, Jerrie Cobb, Ed.; Straker, Dolores Y., Ed.; Katz, Laurie, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008

How can teachers make sound pedagogical decisions and advocate for educational policies that best serve the needs of students in today's diverse classrooms? What is the pedagogical value of providing culturally and linguistically diverse students greater access to their own language and cultural orientations? This landmark volume responds to the…

Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Language Planning, Language of Instruction