Culture and language
Subtitle: multidisciplinary case studies
By: Michael A. Morris (ed.).
Series: Sprache, Mehrsprachigkeit und sozialer Wandel -- Band 12; Sprache, Mehrsprachigkeit und sozialer Wandel -- Bd. 12.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9783631601679
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Language and culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Michael A. Morris, Yanhua Zhang; title: Revolutionary scripts: the politics of writing systems  -- Richard Oliver Collin; title: Linguistic landscape and language maintenance: the case of Los Angeles and Miami-Dade counties  -- José M. Franco-Rodríguez; title: Music as cultural and linguistic ambassador for Latin America  -- Clementina E. Adams; title: Culture, language and global issues  -- Michael A. Morris; title: From heavy to light: communication technology and vernaculars  -- James Crombie; title: Maya voices and identity: two case studies  -- Kimberley K. Williams; title: The language spoken and unspoken on the Jerry Springer Show  -- R.G. Kainer; title: Ethics and political symbols: the basis for comparative cultural analysis  -- Robert W. Smith; title: Cross-cultural encounters through cartoons  -- Plantu; title: Synthesis and conclusion -- Michael A. Morris.