Using all the resources you can find, research and write up a profile of a language group present in the Los Angeles area (which could be extended to include Orange County). You can choose any group that has a significant presence in the LA area, apart from the English-speaking population.
Examples: the Korean, Armenian, Chinese, Russian, Persian, or South Asian/Indian communities living in the LA area.
You need to cover the four points below. Add figures or other visualizations if needed. Single-spaced.
(a) Where do members of this group live? Is there an area of LA (county) where a large proportion of this group live (e.g. Korea Town, Thai Town)? Provide figures/statistics on the distribution of the group. (You can use the assigned website for this)
Websites for population statistics
There are several websites that have really useful statistics on language groups resident in the LA area. Many of these are collectively listed at: http://www.laalmanac.com/population/index.htm
For gathering information for your project, the following subsections (listing a range of specialized websites) will be particularly useful:
Population by Language Spoken
Population by Race and Ethnicity
(b) Are there any special historical/political reasons why members of the group have settled in the US and the LA area? For example, many Iranian people arrived in the US after the Iranian Revolution. Similarly, many Hmong people relocated to the US after the Vietnam War, in part due to their co-operation with US forces in Vietnam. As far as you know/can find out, when did the group first get established in the LA area – i.e. what is its history in LA?
(c) Private Sector
What kind of private sector uses does the language of the group get used in? For example, is the language of the group used in:
(i) Private education.
(ii) Religious worship.
(iii) Stores/supermarkets.
(iv) Newspapers/magazines.
(v) Legal services.
(vi) Festivals.
(vii) Special occupations.
(viii) Radio/TV.
(ix) Restaurants.
(x) Driving School.
(d) Public Sector/government services. What government services are provided in the language, if any? Examples: booklets of driving laws, medical information, unemployment information, voting information, library service information.
You are welcome to add visual documentation – for example, download online shots of menus, street/shop signs in the language, a sample page from government services provided in the language etc. Google maps will allow you to ‘see’ any location in L.A. – this may also help provide visual information. If you are able to visit areas in L.A. where the group you are documenting live, take photographs of restaurants, stores etc and add these to your assignment.
(e) Final question/issue. To the extent that you can find out, how much is the language is regularly used by people from the language group in LA? For example, to what extent do people of Armenian, Korean or Iranian/Persian descent use these languages on a daily basis in LA? Do young people from these heritage groups use the language regularly too, or do they switch mostly into English? Try to give your impressions of language use by members of the group in one or two paragraphs, if you can find out this information.
Ling 115 Assignment 2 Fall 2021
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