LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL IDENTITY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE -- LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL IDENTITY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I: LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL IDENTITY -- Chapter 1: ENGLISH AND ITS ROLE IN HONG KONG CULTURAL IDENTITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HONG KONG ENGLISH -- HONG KONG ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION -- HONG KONG IDENTITY -- CULTURAL IDENTITY THROUGH ENGLISH -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: MARITIME ENGLISH - THE NEED TO BRIDGE LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL BARRIERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INDUSTRY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ENGLISH AS THE LANGUAGE OF THE SEA -- BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION IN THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENT -- MARITIME ENGLISH - POWER AND CONTROL THROUGH LANGUAGE -- MISUNDERSTANDING ON AND BETWEEN SHIPS -- MISCOMMUNICATION DUE TO PARALANGUAGE - CULTURAL DIFFERENCES ON BOARD -- LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT - HUMAN DIVERSITY IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY -- ADDRESSING THE TWO MAJOR COMMUNICATION BARRIERS AT SEA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: INVESTIGATING IDENTITIES THROUGH LANGUAGE USE: A PERSPECTIVE OF DISCOURSE ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONCEPT OF IDENTITY -- UNITY AND MULTIPLICITY -- FLUIDITY AND CONTINUITY -- ASSIMILATION AND DIFFERENTIATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: GENDERED JAPANESE: A SYNCHRONIC LOOK AT CONTEMPORARY „JOSEEGO‟ -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SENTENCE FINAL PARTICLES (SFP‟S) -- GENDER AND SFP‟S -- PERCEPTIONS OF WOMEN‟S LANGUAGE -- LITERATURE REVIEW: GENDERED SENTENCE FINAL PARTICLES -- BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY -- THE PARTICIPANTS -- THE INTERVIEWS -- RESULTS -- THE INTERVIEW -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: THE STUDY OF CULTURAL IDENTITY IN CHINA ENGLISH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND IDENTITY.

CHINGLISH AND CHINA ENGLISH: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE -- LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF CHINA ENGLISH -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: IS CULTURAL CAPITAL A CATALYST FOR BETTER CAREER PROSPECTS? A CASE STUDY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TERMINOLOGICAL ISSUES -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- METHODOLOGY -- ACCOUNTS OF INTERVIEWS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: US AND THEM IN THE SUN: CREATING A READER "COMMUNITY" THROUGH ROLE MODELLING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART II: LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT -- Chapter 8: FROM MOTHER-TONGUE NATIONALISM TO PLURILINGUAL EUROPEAN CITIZENS: THE CASE OF TURKEY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MOTHER-TONGUE NATIONALISM AND TURKEY -- PLURILINGUALISM AND TURKEY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9: WHAT ROOM LEFT FOR REUNION CREOLE? LINGUISTIC MONOPOLY, IDENTITY AND REPRESENTATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ORIGINS OF REUNION CREOLE -- CREOLE VERSUS FRENCH -- CREOLE DIFFUSION -- CREOLE NATIVE SPEAKER, IDENTITY, DIGLOSSIA - COMPATIBLE NOTIONS? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10: GERMAN LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE AND SHIFT: THE CASE OF COLUMBUS, OHIO -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FACTORS IN FAVOR OF LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE -- LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE IN COLUMBUS -- WORLD WAR I AND THE END OF GERMAN LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE IN COLUMBUS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11: AN INVESTIGATION OF INDIVIDUAL NETWORKS OF LINGUISTIC CONTACT AMONG VIETNAMESE ORIGIN CHILDREN IN AUSTRALIA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- VIETNAMESE AUSTRALIANS -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- RESEARCHER POSITIONALITY -- DATA ANALYSIS -- STUDENT PROFILES -- DISCUSSION -- PLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 12: THE LANGUAGE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES: AN APPROACH TO MAINTAINING INDONESIA‟S LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INDONESIA: A HOME TO LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY -- WHY ARE SOME INDONESIA‟S INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES BEING ENDANGERED? -- OVERVIEW OF LANGUAGE OR LINGUISTIC RIGHTS (LRS) -- A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR MAINTAINING INDONESIA‟S INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13: THE FUTURE OF LOW GERMAN - RESULTS FROM A SOCIOLINGUISTIC FIELD STUDY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: REGIONAL VARIETIES IN GERMANY AND THE ROLE OF LOW GERMAN -- THE DIGLOSSIC SITUATION OF THE GRAFSCHAFT BENTHEIM -- CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS, AND THE L-VARIETY -- LOW GERMAN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE AND LANGUAGE APPRECIATION AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS: RESULTS FROM PREVIOUS SURVEYS -- THE 2003/04 SURVEY IN THE GRAFSCHAFT BENTHEIM -- RESULTS -- PASSING ON THE LANGUAGE -- UNSTABLE DIGLOSSIA AND DIALECT DEATH -- CONCLUSION: PLATT USED TO BE MY MOTHER TONGUE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14: PRESERVING ONE'S MOTHER TONGUE: SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION NATIVE LANGUAGE LOSS IN IMMIGRANT FAMILIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS BILINGUALISM AND WHAT IS BILINGUAL EDUCATION? -- CRITIQUING SOCIAL ISOLATION AS AN APPROACH -- POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART III: ASPECTS OF EMOTION, SELF-CONCEPT AND IDENTITY -- Chapter 15: VIETNAMESE PERSON REFERENCE SYSTEM AS AN APPRAISAL RESOURCE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE APPRAISAL RESOURCES IN ENGLISH -- OVERVIEW OF VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE -- THE SYSTEM OF PERSON REFERENCE -- CONCLUSION: THE PERSON REFERENCE SYSTEM AND THE APPRAISAL SYSTEM -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PAN-CULTURAL FACTORS OF SELF-CONCEPT, FRIENDSHIP, AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON STUDENTS‟ LEARNING AND IDENTITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

IDENTITY AND SELF-CONCEPT -- IDENTITY AND FRIENDSHIP -- IDENTITY AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE -- IDENTITY AND ACADEMIC CARERS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 17: LINGUISTIC SHOCK: A CHALLENGE TO LANGUAGE LEARNING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ROLE OF CULTURE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING -- CULTURE SHOCK AND LANGUAGE LEARNING -- LINGUISTIC SHOCK AND LANGUAGE LEARNING -- LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF SHOCK -- SOCIOLINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF SHOCK -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 18: RAP MUSIC: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND IDENTITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- A BRIEF REVIEW OF RAP MUSIC DEVELOPMENT -- LINGUISTIC IDENTITY -- SOCIO-CULTURAL IDENTITY -- GLOBAL IDENTITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 19: MUSIC AND EMPOWERMENT: EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN LEARNING -- MUSIC AND ENGLISH LEARNING IN VIETNAM -- A QUALITATIVE STUDY -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS AND INTERPRETATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 20: IMPOLITENESS AND FACE: THE PRAGMATICS OF INSULTING IN CAMEROON PIDGIN ENGLISH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INSULTS AND FACE: EXPLICATING INSULTING AS IMPOLITE LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR -- TYPOLOGISING CAMPE INSULTS -- THE SOCIO-FUNCTIONAL LOAD OF CAMPE INSULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 21: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN A NEW CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AS SOJOURNERS -- CLIMBING THE ACADEMIC MOUNTAIN -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART IV: SOCIO-CULTURAL ACCOMMODATION IN LANGUAGE LEARNING -- Chapter 22: GLOBAL MIGRATION: LINGUISTIC AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WORLD MIGRATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE VOCATIONAL ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (VESL) DYNAMIC -- CURRICULUM ISSUES: PRACTICE AND PRAXIS CONSIDERATIONS -- CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS AND CURRICULUM DESIGN -- THE OLDER ADULT LEARNER IN THE VESL ENVIRONMENT.

CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 23: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS AND LEARNERS‟ CULTURAL IDENTITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CULTURE AND LANGUAGE LEARNING -- IDEOLOGY AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING -- LOCALIZATION OF ELT MATERIALS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 24: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE REPRESENTATION OF RACIAL IDENTITIES IN BUSINESS ENGLISH COURSE BOOKS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RACE IN ELT COURSE BOOKS -- DESIGN OF THE STUDY -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 25: HOW TO RESEARCH STREET KIDS? METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STREET CHILDREN: WHO ARE THEY? -- RESEARCHING STREET CHILDREN -- ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION -- STREET CHILDREN AND THEIR DISCOURSE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 26: ENGLISH AS A POWERFUL FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN VIETNAM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE -- ENGLISH IN VIETNAM: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ENGLISH IN VIETNAM -- DISCOURSES OF ENGLISH IN VIETNAM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- NOTES ON THE AUTHORS -- CONTACT DETAILS -- INDEX -- Blank Page.