new book sociolinguistics new coursebook ofelia garcia joshua fishman editors multilingual apple languages new york city 1997 23 x 15 5 cm xiv 373 pages paperback dm 68 us 29 95 isbn 311 015707 1 mouton de gruyter berlin new york book special interest general reader concerned issue language united states well language specialist sociolinguist written inform wishing learn role languages english continue life one important united states cities new york time volume makes important contribution scholarly literature urban multilingualism sociology language book contains chapters languages ethnolinguistic groups arrived early new york somewhat silenced irish german yiddish languages groups made early contributions continue heard city italian greek spanish hebrew languages acquiring important voice city today chinese indian languages english creoles haitian creole contents ofelia garcia joshua fishman foreword introduction multilingual apple ofelia garcia new york multilingualism world languages role u city ii language early arrivals still encountered kenneth e nilsen irish nineteenth century new york john r costello german new york hannah kliger rakhmiel peltz yiddish new york iii languages vitality past present hermann w haller italian new york chrysie costantakos john n spiridakis greek new york ana celia zentella spanish new york alvin schiff hebrew new york iv languages newest sounds newest faces shiwen pan chinese new york kamal k sridhar languages india new york carole berotte joseph haitian creole new york lise winer lona jack english caribbean creole new york v concluding observations multilingual apple joshua fishman ethnics culture special new york anyway contributors index examination copies course adoption available upon request please contact publisher _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ mouton de gruyter walter de gruyter inc postfach 30 34 21 200 saw mill river road d10728 berlin hawthorne ny 10532 germany usa fax 49 0 30 26005351 fax 1 914 7471326 email mouton degruyter de order please send fax email adress