Chapter 11

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Examples and Resources

Page #	Callout #	Link	Description
228	11.1	See Suggested Readings	Extensive list of heritage language resources.
229	11.2	http://history.howstuffworks.com/canadian-history/acadia.htm	History of the Colony of Acadia, from How Stuff Works.
230	11.3	http://www.history.com/topics/louisiana-purchase	Video and history of the Louisiana Purchase.
231	11.4	http://www.radiolouisiane.com/welcome.htm	Radio Louisiane.
231	11.5	http://www.cal.org/resources/immersion/	Immersion programs in US schools.
232	11.6	a)http://www.acadian-cajun.com/hiscaj2b.htm b) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ5yV34QmFM	a) New Acadia b) Video: Cajun French
232	11.7	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSJRo4xuE-k	Cajun music.
234	11.8	http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/06__Foreign__Policy__State/01__Ger__US/02__Heritage/Texas__.html	German heritage Texas style.
235	11.9	http://www.denverturnverein.org/	Denver Turnverein.
234	11.10	http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/officialamerican/englishonly/	"English Only," discussion by Dennis Baron for PBS.
236	11.11	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-HsTm5ELz0	Video: "German Language Newspapers in the US."
236	11.12	a) http://www.pgs.org/dialect.asp b) http://www.tgdp.org/ c) http://csumc.wisc.edu/AmericanLanguages/german/states/wisconsin/german_wi.htm	a) Pennsylvania German b) Texas German c) Wisconsin German
237	11.13	http://hiwwewiedriwwe.wordpress.com/	Hiwwe Wie Driwwe.
238	11.14	http://www.omniglot.com/chinese/evolution.htm	The evolution of Chinese writing.
239	11.15	http://angelisland.org/	Angel Island.
242	11.16	a)http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/feb1414/default.htm b) http://www.thefilipinochronicle.com/	a) Abante b) Hawaii Filipino Chronicle
242	11.17	http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/tagalog_mainpage.htm	Northern Illinois Language site.
243	11.18	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQ	Video: "What kind of Asian are you?"
245	11.19	http://arabamericanmuseum.org/	Arab American museum.
245	11.20	http://www.aaiusa.org/	Arab American Institute.
245	11.21	http://tunein.com/radio/Arab-Detroit-Radio-s111721/	Arabic radio in Detroit.
246	11.22	http://www.arabick12.org/schools.html	Arabic schools.
248	11.23	http://jewishcurrents.org/the-secular-yiddish-school-and-summer-camp-a-hundred-year-history-19879	Yiddish summer camp.
248	11.24	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcZBiReMovA	Video: Jewish comedy.
249	11.25	http://www.yivoinstitute.org/	YIVO Institute.
249	11.26	http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-07-14/american-pop-culture-brings-yiddish-language-world	Yiddish via the media.
250	11.27	a) http://www.jewish-languages.org/jewish-english-lexicon/ b) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCzZfWb2op4	a) Jewish-English lexicon b) Video: "Yiddish, Ladino and Jewish English: Do American Jews Speak a Jewish Language?"
250	11.28	http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/07/nyregion/a-villages-name-sounds-english-but-the-voices-there-are-yiddish.html?_r=0	"At Home in This Village: Yiddish Speakers," a New York Times article about New Square.
250	11.29	a) http://online.wsj.com/article/AP88550d05095e472baffc6bc7ff5cf35d.html b) http://www.yiddishculture.org/dtf1.html c) http://yivo.bard.edu/summer/	a) "Oy vey! Yiddish making a comeback at colleges" b) Online Yiddish program c) Summer Yiddish Program
250	11.30	a) http://yiddish.forward.com/ b) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkmFgQ9fM94v c) http://www.yiddishvoice.com/	a) The Jewish Daily Forward b) Video: Itzhak Perlman plays Klezmer c) The Yiddish Voice

Flashcards

Suggested Reading

Other Heritage Languages

General

Camarota, S. A., & McArdle, N. (2003). Where immigrants live: An examination of state residency of the foreign born by country of origin. Washington, DC: Center for Immigration Studies. http://www.cis.org/articles/2003/back1203.html

Comrie, B. (1987). The world's major languages. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Lewis, M. P., Simons, G. F., Fennig, C. D. (Eds.). (2014). Ethnologue: Languages of the world (17th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. Online version:http://www.ethnologue.com

Ryan, C. B. (2013). Language use in the United States: 2011. American Community Survey Reports. August 2013. http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf

Shin, H. B. and Kominski, R. A. 2010. Language use in the United States: 2007. American Community Survey Report. April 2010. http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/acs-12.pdf

French

Eble, C. C. (2009). French in New Orleans: The commodification of language heritage. American Speech, 84 (2), 211-215.

Fox, C. A. (2007). Franco-American voices: French in the northeastern United States today. The French Review, 80(6), 1278-1292.

Gilliéron, J., & Edmont, E. (1902-1910). Atlas linguistique de la France. Paris: Champion.

Lindenfeld, J. (2000). The French in the United States: An ethnographic study. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.

Nadeau, J.-B. (2006). The Story of French. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press.

Valdman, A. (2010). French in the USA. In K. Potowski (Ed.), Language diversity in the USA (pp. 110-127). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Valdman, A., et al. (Eds.) (2009). Dictionary of Louisiana French: As spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian communities. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.

German

Boas, H. C. (2009). The life and death of Texas German. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Clay, G. (1994). Geschäftsdeutsch: An introduction to business German. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Donaldson, B.C. (2007). German: An essential grammar. London: Routledge.

Graves, P. G. (1994). Streetwise German: Speaking and understanding colloquial German. Lincolnwood, IL: Passport Books.

Salmons, J. (2012). A history of German: What the past reveals about today's languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Sanders, R.H. (2010). German: Biography of a language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Stievermann, J., & Scheiding, O. (Eds.) (2013). A peculiar mixture: German-language cultures and identities in eighteenth-century North America. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press.

Wehage, F.-J. (2012). Geschäftsdeutsch: An introduction to German business culture. Newburyport, MA: Focus.

Chinese

Chen, Q. (2013). The Routledge course in business Chinese. London: Routledge.

Gu, S. (2012). A cultural history of the Chinese language. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

He, A. W. (2006). Toward an identity theory of the development of Chinese as a heritage language. Heritage Language Journal, 4(1).

Kane, D. (2006). The Chinese language: Its history and current usage. North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle.

McGinnis, S. (2005).Statistics on Chinese language enrollment. Washington, DC: Chinese Language Teachers Association.

McGinnis, S. (2008). From mirror to compass: The Chinese heritage language

education sector in the United States. In D.M. Brinton, O. Kagan, & S. Bauckus, (Eds.), Heritage language education: A new field emerging (pp. 229-242). London & New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.

Semple, K. (2009, October 22). In Chinatown, sound of the future is Mandarin. The New York Times, p. A1.

Yip, P-C. (2006). Chinese: An essential grammar. London: Routledge.

Zhang, Donghui. (2009). Language attitudes and heritage language maintenance among Chinese immigrant families in the USA. Language Culture and Curriculum, 22(2), 77-93.

Tagalog

Aspillera, P.S. (1956). Basic Tagalog. Manila: Manila Times.

Aspillera, P.S. (1993). Basic Tagalog for foreigners and non-Tagalogs. Rutland, VT: Tuttle.

Beebe, J., & Beebe, M. (1981). The Filipinos: A special case. In C. A. Ferguson & S. B. Heath (Eds.), Language in the U.S.A. (pp. 322-338). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Fonacier, E. C. (2010). Tagalog in the U.S.A. In K. Potowski (Ed.), Language diversity in the U.S.A. (pp. 96-109). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Gallo-Crail, R. (2012). Filipino tapestry: Tagalog language through culture. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.

MacKinlay, W.E.W. (1905). A handbook and grammar of the Tagalog language. Washington: Government Printing Office.

Arabic

Bale, J. (2010). Arabic as a heritage language in the United States. International Multilingual Research Journal, 4(2), 125-151.

Bateson, M.C. (2003). Arabic language handbook. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

Beeston, A.F.L. (2006). The Arabic language today. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

Holes, C. (2004). Modern Arabic: Structures, functions, and varieties. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

Rouchdy, A. (Ed.). (1992). The Arabic language in America. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University.

Shiri, S. (2010). Arabic in the U.S.A. In K. Potowski (Ed.), Language diversity in the U.S.A. (pp. 206-222). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Whitesides, B. (2009). Sugar comes from Arabic: A beginner's guide to Arabic letters and words. Northampton, MA: Interlink.

Yiddish

Fishman, J.A. (1965). Yiddish in America: Socio-linguistic description and analysis. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University.

Fishman, J. A. (1981). Never say die: A thousand years of Yiddish in Jewish life and letters. The Hague: Mouton Publishers.

Fishman, J. A. (Ed.) (1985). Readings in the sociology of Jewish languages. Leiden: Brill.

Herzog, M. (Ed. in chief). (1992-2000). Language and culture atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry. Tübingen and New York, NY: Max Niemeyer.

Karlen, N. (2008). The story of Yiddish: How a mish-mosh of languages saved the Jews. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

Katz, D. (2011, October 31). Language: Yiddish. YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Retrieved May 20, 2014, fromhttp://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Language/Yiddish.

Rosten, L.C. (1968). The joys of Yiddish. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Samuel, M. (1971). In praise of Yiddish. New York, NY: Cowles Book Company.

Weinreich, M. (2008). History of the Yiddish language (2 Vols.). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Weinreich, U. (1990). Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary. New York, NY: YIVO.

Weinreich, U. (1999). College Yiddish. New York, NY: Yiddish Scientific Institute.

Weinstein, M. (2001). Yiddish: A nation of words. South Royalton, VT: Steerforth Press.

Wex, M. (2006). Born to kvetch: Yiddish language and culture in all of its moods. New York, NY: Harper Perennial.

Wex, M. (2007). Just say nu: Yiddish for every occasion (when English just won't do). New York, NY: St. Martin's Press.