The Sociolinguistics of Globalization

AvJan Blommaert

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

Human language has changed in the age of globalization: no longer tied to stable and resident communities, it moves across the globe, and it changes in the process. The world has become a complex 'web' of villages, towns, neighbourhoods and settlements connected by material and symbolic ties in often unpredictable ways. This phenomenon requires us to revise our understanding of linguistic communication. In The Sociolinguistics of Globalization Jan Blommaert constructs a theory of changing language in a changing society, reconsidering locality, repertoires, competence, history and sociolinguistic inequality.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-04-08
Mått:152 x 227 x 11 mm
Vikt:380 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
Antal sidor:229
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521710237

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Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Jan Blommaert is Professor of Linguistic Anthropology in the Department of Language and Culture Studies at Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

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'Theoretically bold, clearly written, and politically engaged. The arguments are illustrated with a host of ingenious examples, drawn from many parts of the world.' James Collins, University at Albany, State University of New York

Innehållsförteckning

1. A critical sociolinguistics of globalization; 2. A messy new marketplace; 3. Locality, the periphery and images of the world; 4. Repertoires and competence; 5. Language, globalization, and history; 6. Old and new inequalities; 7. Reflections.