Bengali-English in East London: A Study in Urban Multilingualism PDF
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Following two major waves of immigration after World War II, the S e Bangladeshi community in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets b S a C is now one of the largest in the Bangladeshi diaspora, counting some sti TI 65,000 people. This is the first in-depth study of language and lan- a S n I U guage-use within this Bangladeshi community. Based on a corpus of M G spontaneous speech data collected within the area, it provides the . N R I a L reader with an overview of the linguistic characteristics of ‘Bengali- si E English’ as well as patterns of language-use. n V g I e T This book focuses on three areas: first, following the tradition of similar r P studies of the language of minority groups, an analysis of Bengali- RI B C English morphosyntax provides a detailed description of its morpho- e S n E syntactic properties and the different developmental stages learners g D a l N pass through. Second, a sociolinguistic analysis of the influence of i-E I social and psychological factors on the language and its speakers n S g E BENGALI-ENGLISH is presented. And last, based on quantitative survey data, and sup- li DI s h U ported by qualitative data obtained through ethnographic interviews, i T n S the study evaluates the issues of identity and ethnolinguistic vitality IN EAST LONDON E Y within the Bangladeshi community. a R s A t L R o O n P d o M n E T N A STUDY IN URBAN MULTILINGUALISM O Sebastian Rasinger is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English C Language at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, having previ- 1 Sebastian M. Rasinger ously worked at the University of Sussex, Roehampton University 1 . and the University of Westminster. He holds a DPhil in Linguistics L O and a Postgraduate Certificate in Social Research Methods from the V University of Sussex. His primary research interests are in the area of urban multilingualism, particularly second language acquisition and language–use in migrant communities, and language and identity. G Tense-Aspect Development N A in Advanced L2 French ISBN 978-3-03911-036-0 L R E T E P CCSSDDLL CCoovveerr..iinndddd 11 2299//88//0077 0099::2244::0033 Following two major waves of immigration after World War II, the S e Bangladeshi community in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets b S a C is now one of the largest in the Bangladeshi diaspora, counting some sti TI 65,000 people. This is the first in-depth study of language and lan- a S n I U guage-use within this Bangladeshi community. Based on a corpus of M G spontaneous speech data collected within the area, it provides the . N R I a L reader with an overview of the linguistic characteristics of ‘Bengali- si E English’ as well as patterns of language-use. n V g I e T This book focuses on three areas: first, following the tradition of similar r P studies of the language of minority groups, an analysis of Bengali- RI B C English morphosyntax provides a detailed description of its morpho- e S n E syntactic properties and the different developmental stages learners g D a l N pass through. Second, a sociolinguistic analysis of the influence of i-E I social and psychological factors on the language and its speakers n S g E BENGALI-ENGLISH is presented. And last, based on quantitative survey data, and sup- li DI s h U ported by qualitative data obtained through ethnographic interviews, i T n S the study evaluates the issues of identity and ethnolinguistic vitality IN EAST LONDON E Y within the Bangladeshi community. a R s A t L R o O n P d o M n E T N A STUDY IN URBAN MULTILINGUALISM O Sebastian Rasinger is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English C Language at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, having previ- 1 Sebastian M. Rasinger ously worked at the University of Sussex, Roehampton University 1 . and the University of Westminster. He holds a DPhil in Linguistics L O and a Postgraduate Certificate in Social Research Methods from the V University of Sussex. His primary research interests are in the area of urban multilingualism, particularly second language acquisition and language–use in migrant communities, and language and identity. G Tense-Aspect Development N A in Advanced L2 French L R E T E P CCSSDDLL CCoovveerr..iinndddd 11 2299//88//0077 0099::2244::0033 DGPICNK.GPINKUJ! KP!GCUV!NQPFQP EQPVGORQTCT[!UVWFKGU! KP!FGUETKRVKXG!NKPIWKUVKEU XQN/!22 Gfkvgf!d{ FT!ITCGOG!FCXKU!’!MCTN!C/!DGTPJCTFV RGVGT!NCPI Qzhqtf!!Dgtp!!Dgtnkp!!Dtwzgnngu!!Htcpmhwtv!co!Ockp!!Pgy
