Linguistic construction of ethnic borders / / Peter Rosenberg, Konstanze Jungbluth, Dagna Zinkhahn Rhobodes (eds.).

• TeilnehmendeR: Rosenberg, Peter, 1953-; Jungbluth, Konstanze,; Zinkhahn Rhobodes, Dagna, 1986-
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt am Main, Germany : : Peter Lang Edition,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: German; English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

"This volume focuses on the linguistic constructs involved in ethnic borders. Ethnic borders have proven themselves to be surprisingly long-lived: in nearly all European countries and beyond, border demarcation, exclusion of foreigners, and minority conflicts are some of the most persistent challenges for nations and societies. Which linguistic factors play a role in the formation of these borders, especially those drawn along ethnic lines? Which linguistic constructs contribute to the negotiation, establishment and maintenance of ethnic groups and identities? Under which conditions can processes of linguistic convergence, hybrids, or transcultural identities be observed?"--Publisher.

Table of Contents

Cover; Table of Contents; Abstract; Vorwort der Herausgeber; Group boundaries and identity; Language Choice and Identity in Post-Soviet Armenia (Stefan Rabanus and Haykanush Barseghyan); Linguistic Strategies of Constructing Durable and Permeable Ethnic Boundaries in a Brazilian Quilombo Community (Rita Vallentin); The Cyrillic Script as a Boundary Marker between "Insiders" and "Outsiders": Metalinguistic Discourse about Script Choices in Slavic-German Bilingual Computer-Mediated Communication (Bernhard Brehmer); Ethnic boundaries and minorities

Language and Ethnic Boundaries in Multiethnic Georgia (Lia Melikishvili and Natia Jalabadze)Roma school mediation in Germany - Its Effects and Limitations (Maria Klessmann); Labeling difference - On discrimination and the social standing of children fathered by US soldiers during the Vietnam War (Sascha Wölck and Christina Rogers); Linguistic borders - language conflicts. Pleading for recognition of their reality. (Harald Weydt); Boundaries and language islands

The permeability of language borders on the example of German-Polish language mixing (Dagna Zinkhahn Rhobodes)Boundary, a metalinguistic concept at the core of language deformability (Helena Topa Valentim)