Interdisciplinary Perspectives On The New Immigration Volume 6 The New Immigrant And Language Marcelo M Surezorozco by Marcelo M. Suárez-orozco, Carola Suárez-orozco, Desirée Qin-hilliard 9780367604851, 036760485X instant download after payment.

Language is at the core of the immigrant experience. At the turn of the twenty-first century, immigrants to the United States speak extraordinarily diverse languages. In New York City alone, more than one hundred languages are represented in the student body. Language signifies identity and social relations and is structured by power relations. Therefore, it is not surprising that language matters are the focus of many debates over immigration, especially in the United States. Although some see immigrant languages as a resource that adds to the total cultural stock of the nation, others see linguistic diversity as a threat to unity and as a source of potential balkanization and further ethnic divisions. This volume focuses on language and the immigrant with a special emphasis on the issues facing immigrant children.