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Serie: Language and globalization
paperbackEngels9781349433445
1-1-2013
This is an analysis of the promises and contradictions surrounding contemporary minority language policy. It draws on theoretical and real-world perspectives and interviews with key players within European institutions together with field work undertaken principally in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Canada. Meer
gebondenEngels9780230018785
29-6-2007
This book shows the effects of globalization on language in social context, identifying the city as the key site for the realization of these effects. Meer
gebondenEngels9780230527218
20-1-2010
Focusing on the actual experiences of L2 students who travelled from their homes to foreign lands as part of a faculty-led, short-term SA program, the author explores the linkage between intercultural awareness and sensitivity, language development (e. Meer
gebondenEngels9780230576339
28-5-2010
In this impressive volume a combination of theorists - linguists, historians and lawyers - address the subject of citizenship testing for language proficiency and 'cultural' knowledge. Meer
paperbackEngels9780230580060
19-4-2006
Are TESOL professionals now fairly seen as agents of a new English-speaking empire? Or, if they wish to distance themselves from this role, are there ways of working and living that would make this differentiation clear? Meer
paperbackEngels9780230580077
4-8-2006
The children and grandchildren of South Asian migrants to the UK are living out British identities which go largely unrecognized. This book emphasizes their everyday low-key Britishness, albeit a Britishness with new inflections. Meer
paperbackEngels9780230580084
16-12-2005
The contributors to Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes in a globalizing world. Meer
paperbackEngels9780230580091
5-9-2006
This volume considers the spread of Spanish today and particularly its role in the processes of globalization. Spanish is frequently dominant in contact with other languages. Meer
paperbackEngels9780230580107
5-1-2007
Globalization is calling for new conceptualizations of belonging within culturally diverse communities. Quebec, driven by the pressures of maintaining Francophone identity and accommodating migrant groups, provides a fascinating case study of how to foster a sense of belonging. Meer
gebondenEngels9780230517066
12-7-2007
This volume brings together specialists from a range of disciplines to discuss the discursive construction of ethnic, national and regional identities and analyse how specific identity discourses condition and constrain knowledge and action with regard to various socio-political issues in Europe. Meer
paperbackEngels9780230554375
10-8-2005
This examines a significant aspect of contemporary social life: cultural identities and our linguistic means of constructing them. It combines a theoretical re-assessment of processes of identification with case studies of the discourses of three-generation families living in split-border communities along the former 'Iron Curtain'. Meer
gebondenEngels9780230290983
1-9-2015
This book explores the Linguistic Landscapes of ten French and Italian Mediterranean coastal cities. The authors address the national languages, the regional languages and dialects, migrant languages, and the English language, as they collectively mark the public space. Meer
gebondenEngels9780230521025
19-12-2008
This volume explores the discursive nature of post-1989 social change in Central and Eastern Europe. Through a set of national case studies, the construction of post-communist transformation is explored from the point of view of accelerating and unique dynamics of linguistic and discursive practices. Meer
paperbackEngels9780230554344
22-11-2005
Opening with a discussion of the key issues of globalization, migration, multiculturalism, multilingualism and global cities, David Block then turns to four detailed case studies: East Asian students living and working in London; foreign language teachers from France; London's growing Latino community; and second generation South Asian university students. Meer
gebondenEngels9780230291010
8-11-2013
This book explores both theoretical and practical issues of language use in a migration context, using data from a German urban immigrant community in Canada. Meer
gebondenEngels9780230206656
11-8-2010
Addressing issues related to the physical, cultural, ideological and psychological relocation of English, this volume provides a critical examination of current sociolinguistic study of English in the world and suggests a new approach which focuses more on ideological and psychological aspects of the phenomenon. Meer
gebondenEngels9780230500310
8-2-2011
The first book to highlight the most pressing sociology-of-language themes of our times. All of which have to do with the twin issues of power and identity . Meer
gebondenEngels9780230000186
5-9-2006
This volume considers the spread of Spanish today and particularly its role in the processes of globalization. Spanish is frequently dominant in contact with other languages. Meer
gebondenEngels9780230224353
30-4-2009
Central Europe has always been a highly multilingual region but how has this been affected by the social and political transformations of the last 20 years? Meer
gebondenEngels9780230210608
9-4-2010
Market forces are widely acknowledged to be at the heart of globalizing forces, and any consideration of how globalization affects language and vice versa requires an in-depth examination of the relationship between languages and markets. Meer