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Multilingualism : understanding linguistic diversity / John Edwards.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, John, 1947 December 3-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multilingualism.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Language and languages--Variation.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 131 pages ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Understanding linguistic diversity
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, [2012]
- Contents:
- The diversity of languages
- Interpreting language diversity
- Multilingual abilities
- The emergence and measurement of multilingualism
- The consequences of Babel : lingua francas
- The consequences of Babel : translation
- Keeping languages pure
- Languages and identities in transition
- Endangered languages and the will to survive
- Linguistic intervention and the 'new' ecology of language
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781441123480
- 1441123482
- 9781441126955
- 1441126953
- OCLC:
- 757480875
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