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Loring, Ariel – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2015
This article follows a bottom-up approach to language policy (Ramanathan, 2005; Wodak, 2006) in an analysis of citizenship in policy and practice. It compares representations of citizenship in and around a regional branch of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), with a focus on citizenship swearing-in ceremonies for…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Public Policy, Language Planning, Immigration
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Fitts, Shanan; McClure, Greg – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2015
The increased visibility of immigrant communities in the southeastern United States coupled with the economic recession has led to a proliferation of anti-immigrant policies and contributed to a climate which positions Latin@ immigrants and the Spanish language as foreign or threatening. In this article, we examine language ideologies related to…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Immigration, Hispanic Americans, Qualitative Research