Multilingual La La Land

Multilingual La La Land addresses the sociolinguistic landscape of the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, providing in-depth accounts of the twelve most spoken languages in the region.

Introduction

1. Arabic in Greater Los Angeles: Many Varieties, One Community
By Afaf Nash


2. Armenian in Greater Los Angeles: Negotiating Intralinguistic Diversity in a Diaspora Epicenter
By Shushan Karapetian and Hagop Gulludjian


3. Chinese: Multiple Varieties in a Changing Greater Los Angeles
By Ming-Hsuan Wu, Claire Hitchins Chik, and Andrew Simpson


4. Filipino: Language Practices and Affective Connections in Greater Los Angeles
By Nenita Pambid Domingo, Claire Hitchins Chik, and Maria Carreira


5. French in Greater Los Angeles: Challenges and Opportunities
By Mina Soroosh, Claire Hitchins Chik,and Fabrice Jaumont


6. German: The Invisible Language Minority: The Historical, Political, and Linguistic Dimensions of the German Language Landscape in Multilingual La La Land
By Britta Bothe


7. Hebrew and Yiddish in Greater Los Angeles: Bilingualism, Metalinguistic Communities, and Ethnolinguistic Infusion
By Sarah Bunin Benor and Netta Avineri


8. Japanese: Language Practices and Cultural Exposure over Multiple Generations in Greater Los Angeles
By Mary Ann Triest, Asako Hayashi Takakura,and Claire Hitchins Chik


9. Khmer Language Use and Presence in the Linguistic Landscape of Greater Los Angeles' Cambodia Town
By Wayne E. Wright and Virak Chan


10. Korean in Greater Los Angeles: Negotiation between the Individual and Ethnolinguistic Community Across Generations
By Hannah Saeyoung Lim


11. Languages of South Asia in Greater Los Angeles: Diversity Diversified

By Gyanam Mahajan and Claire Hitchins Chik

1. Persian Language Use and Vitality in Tehrangeles
By Amy Malek


2. Russian in Greater Los Angeles: A Changing Landscape
By Susan Kresin, Dante Matero and Susan Bauckus


3. Spanish: Never a Foreign Language in Greater Los Angeles
By Maria Carreira


4. Thai as a Diasporic Language in Greater Los Angeles
By Shoichi Iwasaki and Jenjit Gasigitamrong


5. Vietnamese: Language Use in Little Saigon and Other Greater Los Angeles Neighborhoods

By Natalie A. Tran, Bang Lang Do, and Claire Hitchins Chik