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Urban Diversities and Language Policies in Medium-Sized Linguistic Communities / Emili Boix-Fuster.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Multilingual Matters
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language policy--Social aspects.
- Language policy.
- Urban dialects--Social aspects.
- Urban dialects.
- Multilingualism--Social aspects.
- Multilingualism.
- Language and languages--Variation.
- Language and languages.
- Linguistic geography--Variation.
- Linguistic geography.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines medium-sized linguistic communities in urban contexts against the backdrop of the language policies which have been implemented in these respective areas. The authors provide new data and reflections on these linguistic communities which have languages somewhere in between the majority and minority, and re-evaluate the opposition between ‘majority’ and ‘minority’. The book focuses on seven European cities, providing detailed information on their current situation and on the corresponding evolution of their linguistic repertoire. The book aims to improve our understanding of how and why languages live and decay, and of how intercultural cities, where communities show interest in each other’s culture and language, can be better developed and encouraged.
- Contents:
- 9781783093915-toc
- 9781783093915-001
- 9781783093915-002
- 9781783093915-003
- 9781783093915-004
- 9781783093915-005
- 9781783093915-006
- 9781783093915-007
- 9781783093915-008
- 9781783093915-009
- 9781783093915-010
- 9781783093915-011
- 9781783093915-012
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9781783093922
- 1783093927
- 9781783093915
- 1783093919
- OCLC:
- 916529637
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