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Multilingualism, citizenship and identity : voices of youth and symbolic investments in an urban, globalized world / Julie Byrd Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Julie Byrd.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Study and teaching--Canada.
- Language and languages.
- Second language acquisition--Canada.
- Second language acquisition.
- Language and culture--Globalization--Canada.
- Language and culture.
- Bilingualism--Canada.
- Bilingualism.
- Linguistic minorities--Education--Canada.
- Linguistic minorities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through an innovative and interdisciplinary approach that combines critical sociolinguistic ethnography, multi-modality, reflexivity, and discourse analysis, this groundbreaking book reveals the multiple (and sometimes simultaneous) ways in which individuals engage and invest in representations of languages and identities. This timely work is the first to consider the significance of multilingualism and its relationship to citizenship as well as the development of linguistic repertoires as an essential component of language education in a globalized world. While examining the discourses and in
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface: Multilingualism, Citizenship, and Identity; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Overlapping Identities, Symbolic Investments, and New Discursive Spaces; Chapter Two: Exploring Discourses and Interconnections between Globalization, Multilingualism, Multiculturalism, and Identity; Chapter Three: An ethnographie à géométrie variable: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations; Chapter Four: Voices of Youth and Symbolic Investments: A Unique Case Study; Chapter Five: Appropriating and Negotiating Symbolic Investments: Strategies across, between, and within Multiple Spaces
- Conclusion: Implications and Future Directions for Interdisciplinary ResearchAppendix: Linguistic Participant Profiles; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612590740
- 9781282590748
- 128259074X
- 9781441178756
- 1441178759
- OCLC:
- 600096443
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