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Globalization and language in contact : scale, migration, and communicative practices / edited by James Collins, Stef Slembrouck and Mike Baynham.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Advances in Sociolinguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Languages in contact.
- Language and languages--Globalization.
- Language and languages.
- Language and culture--Globalization.
- Language and culture.
- Linguistic change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines the impact of globalization on languages in contact, including the study of linkages between the global and local, and transnational and situated communication. It engages with social theory and social processes while grappling with questions of language analysis raised by globalized language contact. Drawing on case studies from North America, Europe and Africa, the volume makes three important contributions to contemporary sociolinguistics by:. * arguing that concepts of scale and space are essential for understanding contemporary sociolinguistic phenomena. * showing that
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1 Introduction: scale, migration and communicative practice; PART I: Scale and Multilingualism; PART II: Spatialization, Migration and Identity; PART III: Studying Processes and Practices across Time and Space; Index of authors; Index of terms
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-45288-6
- 1-4411-2514-0
- OCLC:
- 593216895
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