Ethnolinguistic Chicago: language and literacy in the city's neighborhoods

Abstract

Contents: D. Hymes, Foreword. Preface. Part I: Introduction and Background. M. Farr, R. Reynolds, Introduction: Language and Identity in a Global City. E.L. Judd, Language Policy in Illinois: Past and Present. Part II: Within the Family Circle. M. Morgan, Signifying Laughter and the Subtleties of Loud-Talking: Memory and Meaning in African American Women's Discourse. G.E. Cho, P.J. Miller, Personal Storytelling: Working-Class and Middle-Class Mothers in Comparative Perspective. L. Koliussi, Identity Construction in Discourse: Gender Tensions Among Greek Americans in Chicago. Part III: Community Spaces. B.J. Moss, A Literacy Event in African American Churches: The Sermon as a Community Text. R. Reynolds, Bless This Little Time We Stayed Here: Prayers of Invocation as Mediation of Immigrant Experience Among Nigerians in Chicago. S. Radloff, The Arab Accountant as Language Mediator. C. Isaacson, They Did Not Forget Their Swedish: Class Markers in the Swedish-American Community. G. Nardini, Italian Patterns in the American Collandia Ladies' Club: How Do Women Make Bella Figura? D. Markelis, Lithuanian and English Language Use Among Early Twentieth Century Lithuanian Immigrants in Chicago. J. Lindquist, Class Identity and the Politics of Dissent: The Culture of Argument in a Chicago Neighborhood Bar. J. Rohsenow, Chinese Language Use in Chicagoland. L. Miller, Consuming Japanese Print Media in Chicago. R. Gundlach, Afterword.