Language, Immigration and Naturalization : : Legal and Linguistic Issues / / ed. by Ariel Loring, Vaidehi Ramanathan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Baptiste, Michelle Winn,; Feuerherm, Emily,; Griswold, Olga,; Josić, Jasmina,; Lillie, Karen E.,; Long, Jennifer,; Loring, Ariel,; McPherron, Paul,; Ramanathan, Vaidehi,; Roumani, Russul,
• HerausgeberIn: Loring, Ariel,; Ramanathan, Vaidehi,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This volume focuses on the everyday legalities and practicalities of naturalization including governmental processes, the language of citizenship tests and classes, the labelling and lived experiences of immigrants/outsiders and the media's interpretation of this process. The book brings together scholars from a wide range of specialities who accentuate language and raise issues that often remain unarticulated or masked in the media. The contributors highlight how governmental policies and practices affect native-born citizens and residents differently on the basis of legal status. Furthermore, the authors observe that many issues that are typically seen as affecting immigrants (such as language policies, nationalist identities and feelings of belonging) also impact first-generation native-born citizens who are seen as, or see themselves as, outsiders.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Language, Immigration and Naturalization: Legal and Linguistic Issues -- Part 1: Policies -- 2. The Value(s) of US Citizenship: An Analysis of the English Writing Test for Naturalization Applicants -- 3. The Journey to US Citizenship: Interviews with Iraqi Refugees -- Part 2: Pedagogies -- 4. 'The ELD Classes Are ... Too Much and We Need to Take Other Classes to Graduate': Arizona's Restrictive Language Policy and the Dis-Citizenship of ELs -- 5. Local, Foreign and In-Between: English Teachers and Students Creating Community and Becoming Global 'Citizens' at a Chinese University -- 6. Language and Body in Concert: A Multimodal Analysis of Teacher Feedback in an Adult Citizenship Classroom -- Part 3: Discourses -- 7. 'You Are Part of Where You're From and a Part of Where You're Born': Youths' Citizenship and Identity in America -- 8. Reinforcing Belonging and Difference Through Neighborhood Gentrification Projects in Rotterdam, the Netherlands -- 9. Ideologies and Collocations of 'Citizenship' in Media Discourse: A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis -- Afterword -- Index