Cross-Language Relations in Composition

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: From “English Only” to CrossLanguage Relations in Composition Bruce Horner 1 PART ONE. Struggling with “English Only” in Composition 1. Linguistic Memory and the Uneasy Settlement of U.S. English John Trimbur 21 2. Living-English Work Min-Zhan Lu 42 3. Globalization, Guanxi, and Agency: Designing and Redesigning the Literacies of Cyberspace Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe with Yi-Huey Guo and Lu Liu 57 4. The Myth of Linguistic Homogeneity in U.S. College Composition Paul Kei Matsuda 81 5. “English-Only,” African American Contributions to Standardized Communication Structures, and the Potential for Social Transformation Elaine Richardson 97 6. Spanglish as Alternative Discourse: Working against Language Demarcation Kate Mangelsdorf 113 7. There’s No Translation for It: The Rhetorical Sovereignty of Indigenous Languages Scott Richard Lyons 127 vii +RUQHU)URQWPDWWHULQGG $0 8. Discourse Tensions, Englishes, and the Composition Classroom Shondel J. Nero 142 9. A Rhetoric of Shuttling between Languages A. Suresh Canagarajah 158 PART TWO. Responses to Struggling with “English Only” in Composition 10. Ownership of Language and the Teaching of Writing Shirley Wilson Logan 183 11. Why Don’t We Speak with an Accent? Practicing Interdependence-in-Difference LuMing Mao 189 12. The Challenges and Possibilities of Taking Up Multiple Discursive Resources in U.S. College Composition Anis Bawarshi 196 13. Mapping the Cultural Ecologies of Language and Literacy Michelle Hall Kells 204 14. Language Diversity and the Responsibility of the WPA Susan K. Miller-Cochran 212 15. Resistance to the “English Only” Movement: Implications for Two-Year College Composition Jody Millward 221 16. In Praise of Incomprehension Catherine Prendergast 230 17. Sustainable Writing Marilyn M. Cooper 236 18. Reflections Victor Villanueva 244 Contributors 251 Index 255 Contents viii +RUQHU)URQWPDWWHULQGG $0 ...