By Thomas Purnell,Eric Raimy,Joseph Salmons
An enticing survey for either normal readers and language students, Wisconsin speak brings jointly views from linguistics, heritage, cultural reviews, and geography to light up why language issues in our daily lives. The authors spotlight such issues as:
• phrases detailed to the state
• how contemporary and past immigrants have negotiated cultural and linguistic challenges
• the variety of bilingual audio system that enriches our communities
• how maps can exhibit the tales of language
• the relation of Wisconsin's Indian languages to language loss worldwide.
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