Elaine M. Shenk
List of John Benjamins publications in which Elaine M. Shenk is involved.
Articles
2013 H.R. 2499 Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2010: Language policy and the Burton Amendment Journal of Language and Politics 12:4, pp. 583–605 | Article
In 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives passed The Puerto Rico Democracy Act, a bill that ostensibly focused on the authorization of a plebiscite on the Island’s future political status in relationship to the United States. Nevertheless, the final text included language policy on (a) ballot… read more
2011 Constructing perspectives on language diversity in the U.S. Midwest Spanish in Context 8:1, pp. 144–165 | Article
This paper examines perspectives on language diversity that surfaced prior to, during, and immediately following the implementation of a two-way immersion program in a public school district in Iowa. Using a social constructionist paradigm, combined with Habermas’ understanding of the public… read more
2008 10. Choosing Spanish: Dual language immersion and familial ideologies Bilingualism and Identity: Spanish at the crossroads with other languages, Niño-Murcia, Mercedes and Jason Rothman (eds.), pp. 221–256 | Article