In this reflective story of my family rhetoric, I describe the use of a small language, Ladino (J... more In this reflective story of my family rhetoric, I describe the use of a small language, Ladino (Judeoespanyol--also known as Jewish-Spanish) in Istanbul, a cosmopolitan city of around 12 million people. I argue that languages and rhetoric used in families are more than a set of linguistic systems that can be readily passed on from one generation to another. In fact, they are a set of cultural symbols, ethnic representations, and ways of acting in the world, which help the family members create safe spaces, build identities and mark group membership. Through narrating the story of the use of Ladino in my family, I explore how younger generation in minority groups members in Turkey are usually encouraged to give up significant markers of their ethnic identity in order to gain full participation in and access to a homogenized public space.
Preface List of Contributors 1: Introduction: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in Language and Literacy ... more Preface List of Contributors 1: Introduction: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in Language and Literacy Education, Marcia Farr, Lisya Seloni, and Juyoung Song Part I: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in the United States 2: Common Myths and Stereotypes Regarding Literacy and Language Diversity in the Multilingual United States, Terrence G. Wiley & Gerda de Klerk 3: Language, Education,and Literacy a Mexican Transnational Community, Marcia Farr 4: "I'm Speaking English Instead of My Culture" - Portraits of Language Use and Change among Native American Youth, Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, Larisa Warhol, & Ofelia Zepeda 5: Diverse Literacy Practices among Asian Populations: Implications for Theory and Pedagogy, Alan Hirvela Part II: Integrating Ethnolinguistic Diversity into Schooling 6: Dialect Awareness, Cultural Literacy, and the Public Interest, Walt Wolfram 7: Ethnosensitivity in Time and Space: Critical Hip Hop Language Pedagogies and Black Language in the US, H. Samy Alim & John Baugh 8: Standardized Assessment of African-American Children: A Sociolinguistic Perspective, Anne H. Charity Hudley 9: Latino Language Practices and Literacy Education in the U.S., Ofelia Garcia 10: Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy of Caribbean Creole English Speakers, Shondel Nero 11: From Outside Agitators to Inside Implementers: Improving the Literacy Education of Vernacular and Creole Speakers, Angela E Rickford & John R. Rickford Afterword: Mariko Haneda
... DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Ph... more ... DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Lisya Seloni, MA ***** The Ohio State University 2008 ... Page 2. Copyright by Lisya Seloni 2008 Page 3. ii ABSTRACT ...
Preface List of Contributors 1: Introduction: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in Language and Literacy ... more Preface List of Contributors 1: Introduction: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in Language and Literacy Education, Marcia Farr, Lisya Seloni, and Juyoung Song Part I: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in the United States 2: Common Myths and Stereotypes Regarding Literacy and Language Diversity in the Multilingual United States, Terrence G. Wiley & Gerda de Klerk 3: Language, Education,and Literacy a Mexican Transnational Community, Marcia Farr 4: "I'm Speaking English Instead of My Culture" - Portraits of Language Use and Change among Native American Youth, Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, Larisa Warhol, & Ofelia Zepeda 5: Diverse Literacy Practices among Asian Populations: Implications for Theory and Pedagogy, Alan Hirvela Part II: Integrating Ethnolinguistic Diversity into Schooling 6: Dialect Awareness, Cultural Literacy, and the Public Interest, Walt Wolfram 7: Ethnosensitivity in Time and Space: Critical Hip Hop Language Pedagogies and Black Language in the US, H. ...
In this reflective story of my family rhetoric, I describe the use of a small language, Ladino (J... more In this reflective story of my family rhetoric, I describe the use of a small language, Ladino (Judeoespanyol--also known as Jewish-Spanish) in Istanbul, a cosmopolitan city of around 12 million people. I argue that languages and rhetoric used in families are more than a set of linguistic systems that can be readily passed on from one generation to another. In fact, they are a set of cultural symbols, ethnic representations, and ways of acting in the world, which help the family members create safe spaces, build identities and mark group membership. Through narrating the story of the use of Ladino in my family, I explore how younger generation in minority groups members in Turkey are usually encouraged to give up significant markers of their ethnic identity in order to gain full participation in and access to a homogenized public space.
Preface List of Contributors 1: Introduction: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in Language and Literacy ... more Preface List of Contributors 1: Introduction: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in Language and Literacy Education, Marcia Farr, Lisya Seloni, and Juyoung Song Part I: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in the United States 2: Common Myths and Stereotypes Regarding Literacy and Language Diversity in the Multilingual United States, Terrence G. Wiley & Gerda de Klerk 3: Language, Education,and Literacy a Mexican Transnational Community, Marcia Farr 4: "I'm Speaking English Instead of My Culture" - Portraits of Language Use and Change among Native American Youth, Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, Larisa Warhol, & Ofelia Zepeda 5: Diverse Literacy Practices among Asian Populations: Implications for Theory and Pedagogy, Alan Hirvela Part II: Integrating Ethnolinguistic Diversity into Schooling 6: Dialect Awareness, Cultural Literacy, and the Public Interest, Walt Wolfram 7: Ethnosensitivity in Time and Space: Critical Hip Hop Language Pedagogies and Black Language in the US, H. Samy Alim & John Baugh 8: Standardized Assessment of African-American Children: A Sociolinguistic Perspective, Anne H. Charity Hudley 9: Latino Language Practices and Literacy Education in the U.S., Ofelia Garcia 10: Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy of Caribbean Creole English Speakers, Shondel Nero 11: From Outside Agitators to Inside Implementers: Improving the Literacy Education of Vernacular and Creole Speakers, Angela E Rickford & John R. Rickford Afterword: Mariko Haneda
... DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Ph... more ... DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Lisya Seloni, MA ***** The Ohio State University 2008 ... Page 2. Copyright by Lisya Seloni 2008 Page 3. ii ABSTRACT ...
Preface List of Contributors 1: Introduction: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in Language and Literacy ... more Preface List of Contributors 1: Introduction: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in Language and Literacy Education, Marcia Farr, Lisya Seloni, and Juyoung Song Part I: Ethnolinguistic Diversity in the United States 2: Common Myths and Stereotypes Regarding Literacy and Language Diversity in the Multilingual United States, Terrence G. Wiley & Gerda de Klerk 3: Language, Education,and Literacy a Mexican Transnational Community, Marcia Farr 4: "I'm Speaking English Instead of My Culture" - Portraits of Language Use and Change among Native American Youth, Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, Larisa Warhol, & Ofelia Zepeda 5: Diverse Literacy Practices among Asian Populations: Implications for Theory and Pedagogy, Alan Hirvela Part II: Integrating Ethnolinguistic Diversity into Schooling 6: Dialect Awareness, Cultural Literacy, and the Public Interest, Walt Wolfram 7: Ethnosensitivity in Time and Space: Critical Hip Hop Language Pedagogies and Black Language in the US, H. ...
This article explores the diminished use of Judeo-Spanish among Jews living in Turkey and asks th... more This article explores the diminished use of Judeo-Spanish among Jews living in Turkey and asks the following research question: What factors, ideologies, and practices contribute to the demise of Judeo-Spanish? To address this question, we employed life history inquiry based on two oral history archives documenting elderly Turkish-Jewish community members’ lived experiences in Turkey. We argue that the endangerment of Judeo-Spanish is caused by the reciprocal interaction between broader, societal language ideologies and family-internal language practices. In particular, the opening of the Alliance schools among the Turkish Jewry in the second half of the nineteenth century relegated Judeo-Spanish to a lower social standing and promoted French as the language of Western enlightenment while Turkish nationalism and the ‘Turkish-only’ language policies of the newly formed Turkish Republic aimed to create a monolingual public space in Turkey. To further explain how monolingual language ideologies influenced the use of Judeo-Spanish in the family, we discuss the negative language attitudes towards Judeo-Spanish that are reproduced in the family and specific language practices (e.g., code-meshing) that relegate Judeo-Spanish to linguistic periphery, yet keep this language as a marker of ethnic identity.
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