Translingual Inheritance: Language Diversity in Early National Philadelphia - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Elizabeth KimballSeries:Composition, Literacy, and CulturePublish date:2021-03-16Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822946687ISBN-10:822946688UPC:9780822946687Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, HistoryBook Subcategory:Linguistics, United StatesBook Topic:Historical & Comparative, State & LocalSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCX66QWDXP
Translingual Inheritance tells a new story of the early days of democracy in the United States, when English had not yet become the only dominant language. Drawing on translingual theory, which exposes how language use contrasts with the political constructions of named languages, Elizabeth Kimball argues that Philadelphians developed complex metalinguistic conceptions of what language is and how...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822946687ISBN-10:822946688UPC:9780822946687Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, HistoryBook Subcategory:Linguistics, United StatesBook Topic:Historical & Comparative, State & LocalSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCX66QWDXP
Elizabeth Kimball is assistant professor of English at Drexel University. She is co-chair of the Philadelphia Writing Program Administrators, an affiliate of the Council of Writing Program Administrators. She is also a member of Rhetoric Society of America and the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Her work involves history, memory, language, and collaborative public life.
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