Current multilingualism : a new linguistic dispensation / edited by David Singleton ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singleton, D. M. (David Michael)

Series:

Contributions to the sociology of language ; 102.

Contributions to the sociology of language, 1861-0676 ; v. 102

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism--Social aspects.

Multilingualism.

Second language acquisition--Social aspects.

Second language acquisition.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume approaches contemporary multilingualism as a new linguistic dispensation, in urgent need of research-led, reflective scrutiny. The book addresses the emergent global and local patterns of multingual use and acquisition across the world and explores the major trends that characterize today's multilingualism. It is divided into three parts on the basis of the broad themes: education (including multilingual learning in its general, theoretical aspects), sociolinguistic dimensions and language policy. The book's fifteen chapters, written by renowned international experts, discuss a range of issues relating to the quintessential and unique properties of multilingual situations - issues relevant to the challenges faced in different ways by researcher and practitioners alike. All the contributions share a focus on currently operative patterns of interaction between contexts, events and processes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of contents

Introduction

Current multilingualism: A new linguistic dispensation / Aronin, Larissa / Fishman, Joshua / Singleton, David / Ó Laoire, Muiris

I Language teaching and language learning

1 ELF: Central or Atypical Second Language Acquisition? / Cook, Vivian

2 Faraway, so close: Trilingualism in the Basque Autonomous Community and Malta from a socio-educational perspective / Caruana, Sandro / Lasagabaster, David

3 Issues in all-Irish education: Strengthening the case for comparative immersion / Harris, John / Cummins, Jim

4 Informal bilingual acquisition: Dynamic spaces for language education policy / García, Ofelia

II Social aspects of current multilingualism

5 Minority language use in Ireland: The time dimension / Singleton, David / Aronin, Larissa / Carson, Lorna

6 Mapping increasing linguistic diversity in multicultural Europe and abroad / Extra, Guus

7 Multilingual attitudes and attitudes to multilingualism in Croatia / Mihaljević Djigunović, Jelena

8 Emerging and conflicting forces of polyphony in the Berlin speech community after the fall of the Wall: On the social identity of adolescents / Dittmar, Norbert / Steckbauer, Daniel

9 Multilingualism in Morocco and the linguistic features of the Casablanca variety / Ennaji, Moha

10 Multilingualism in Sweden / Bardel, Camilla / Falk, Ylva / Lindqvist, Christina

III Language Policy

11 Language planning for a decimated and often forgotten non-territorial tongue / Fishman, Joshua A.

12 Endangered languages and endangered archives in the Russian Federation / Graaf, Tjeerd de

13 Linguistic quandary in multilingual Malaysia: Socio-political issues, language policy, educational changes / Kärchner-Ober, Renate

14 Managing language diversity in the Irish health services / Georgiou, Vasiliki

15 Slipping between policy and management: (De)centralised responses to linguistic diversity in Ethiopia and South Africa / Heugh, Kathleen

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781614512813

1614512817

OCLC:

851970506