• Contributors


• Preface Joshua A. Fishman and Ofelia García


• FOUNDATIONS


• Sociolinguistics: Language and Ethnic Identity in Context Joshua A. Fishman


• Part I Disciplinary, Methodological and Topical Approaches in the Study of Language and Ethnic Identity


• Disciplinary and Methodological Approaches


• 1.: Psychology Amado M. Padilla and Graciela N. Borsato


• 2.: Social Psychology Karmela Liebkind


• 3.: . Anthropology Miki Makihara


• 4.: Political Science and Politics William Safran


• 5.: Economics François Grin


• 6.: Linguistic and Ethnographic Fieldwork Nancy C. Dorian


• 7.: Demolinguistic and Geolinguistic Perspectives Guus Extra


• Topical Approaches


• 8.: Borders Tope Omoniyi


• 9.: Diasporic Languages: The Jewish World Rakhmiel Peltz


• 10.: Sign Language and the Deaf Community Colin Baker


• 11.: Second Language Learning Perspective Bernard Spolsky


• 12.: Education of Indigenous and Minority Children Tove Skutnabb-Kangas


• Part II Regional Perspectives in the Study of Language and Ethnic Identity


• Europe


• 13.: Western Europe Ulrich Ammon


• 14.: Germany James R. Dow


• 15.: The Celtic World Colin H. Williams


• 16.: Scandinavia Leena Huss and Anna-Riitta Lindgren


• 17.: The Slavic World Miroslav Hroch


• The Americas


• 18.: Canada Donna Patrick


• 19.: The United States Terrence G. Wiley


• 20.: Native Americans Teresa L. McCarty and Ofelia Zepeda


• 21.: African American Language Sonja L. Lanehart


• 22.: Latin America Ofelia García, Dina López and Carmina Makar


• Africa and the Middle East


• 23.: Sub-Saharan Africa Samuel Gyasi Obeng and Tristan Purvis


• 24.: South Africa Neville Alexander


• 25.: The Arab World Moha Ennaji


• Asia and The Pacific


• 26.: Central Asia and Azerbaijan William Fierman and Jala Garibova


• 27.: South and Southeast Asia Harold F. Schiffman


• 28.: China: The Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan Mingling Zhou


• 29.: Japan Akie Tomozawa and Masahito Yoshimura


• 30.: Aotearoa/New Zealand Stephen May


• CONCLUSION


• Languaging and Ethnifying


• Ofelia García

Joshua A. Fishman is Distinguished University Research Professor of Social Sciences, Emeritus, Yeshiva University
Ofelia Garcia is Professor of Urban Education, The Graduate Center at CUNY

This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the connection between language and ethnicity.