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Language, Globalization and the Making of a Tanzanian Beauty Queen
Häftad, 2013
514 kr
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Through micro-analysis of language use, this book chronicles young women's pathways to becoming a Tanzanian beauty queen, offering an original perspective on the intersection of language with globalization, nationalism, and inequality in urban East Africa. This compelling linguistic ethnography …
Salsa, Language and Transnationalism
Häftad, 2014
568 kr
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What happens in globalised social contexts if people identify with a language that is not traditionally considered to be ‘their’ language? This unique contribution to the field of sociolinguistics scrutinises language ideologies of German and Australian Communities of Practice constituted by Salsa …
Linguistic Landscape of Chinatown
A Sociolinguistic Ethnography
Inbunden, 2016
1725 kr
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This book presents a sociolinguistic ethnography of the linguistic landscape of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The book sheds a unique light on the impact of urban development on traditionally ethnic neighbourhoods and discusses the various historical, social and cultural factors that contribute to …
Engaging Superdiversity
Recombining Spaces, Times and Language Practices
Av Karel Arnaut, Martha Sif Karrebæk m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
566 kr
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This book is the fruition of five years’ work in exploring the idea of superdiversity. The editors argue that sociolinguistic superdiversity could be a source of inspiration to a wide range of post-structuralist, post-colonial and neo-Marxist interdisciplinary research into the potential and the …
Engaging Superdiversity
Recombining Spaces, Times and Language Practices
Av Karel Arnaut, Martha Sif Karrebæk m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1569 kr
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This book is the fruition of five years’ work in exploring the idea of superdiversity. The editors argue that sociolinguistic superdiversity could be a source of inspiration to a wide range of post-structuralist, post-colonial and neo-Marxist interdisciplinary research into the potential and the …
Becoming Diasporically Moroccan
Linguistic and Embodied Practices for Negotiating Belonging
Inbunden, 2017
1725 kr
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Questions persist about post-migrant generations and their sense of belonging in one homeland or another. As descendants of migrants, ‘second’ and further generations often struggle to establish an unproblematic belonging in/to a resident homeland, as the place where they live and work but are …
Statehood, Scale and Hierarchy
History, Language and Identity in Indonesia
Av Lauren Zentz
Inbunden, 2017
1868 kr
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Against the background of language and nation formation in Indonesia, this book demonstrates how language planning is inseparable from the broader actions of the state, and how postcolonial nationalism and globalization have had profound implications for language use and state actions to control …
Dialogues with Ethnography
Notes on Classics, and How I Read Them
Häftad, 2018
415 kr
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This book persuasively argues the case that ethnography must be viewed as a full theoretical system, rather than just as a research method. Blommaert traces the influence of his reading of classic works about ethnography on his thinking, and discusses a range of authors who have influenced the …
Dialogues with Ethnography
Notes on Classics, and How I Read Them
Inbunden, 2018
1483 kr
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This book persuasively argues the case that ethnography must be viewed as a full theoretical system, rather than just as a research method. Blommaert traces the influence of his reading of classic works about ethnography on his thinking, and discusses a range of authors who have influenced the …
Multilingual Citizen
Towards a Politics of Language for Agency and Change
Av Lisa Lim, Christopher Stroud m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
654 kr
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In this ground-breaking collection of essays, the editors and authors develop the idea of Linguistic Citizenship. This notion highlights the importance of practices whereby vulnerable speakers themselves exercise control over their languages, and draws attention to the ways in which alternative …
Multilingual Citizen
Towards a Politics of Language for Agency and Change
Av Lisa Lim, Christopher Stroud m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2005 kr
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In this ground-breaking collection of essays, the editors and authors develop the idea of Linguistic Citizenship. This notion highlights the importance of practices whereby vulnerable speakers themselves exercise control over their languages, and draws attention to the ways in which alternative …
Aspiring to be Global
Language and Social Change in a Tourism Village in China
Av Shuang Gao
Häftad, 2022
428 kr
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This book makes a novel contribution to the sociolinguistics of globalization by examining the dynamics between language and social change in the tourism destination of West Street, Yangshuo, China. The author makes use of multiple sources, including ethnographic interviews, tourist literature, …
Making Signs, Translanguaging Ethnographies
Exploring Urban, Rural and Educational Spaces
Av Ari Sherris, Elisabetta Adami
Häftad, 2018
499 kr
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This book is the beginning of a conversation across Social Semiotics, Translanguaging, Complexity Theory and Radical Sociolinguistics. In its explorations of meaning, multimodality, communication and emerging language practices, the book includes theoretical and empirical chapters that move toward …
Making Signs, Translanguaging Ethnographies
Exploring Urban, Rural and Educational Spaces
Av Ari Sherris, Elisabetta Adami
Inbunden, 2018
1725 kr
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This book is the beginning of a conversation across Social Semiotics, Translanguaging, Complexity Theory and Radical Sociolinguistics. In its explorations of meaning, multimodality, communication and emerging language practices, the book includes theoretical and empirical chapters that move toward …
Aspiring to be Global
Language and Social Change in a Tourism Village in China
Av Shuang Gao
Inbunden, 2019
1483 kr
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This book makes a novel contribution to the sociolinguistics of globalization by examining the dynamics between language and social change in the tourism destination of West Street, Yangshuo, China. The author makes use of multiple sources, including ethnographic interviews, tourist literature, …
Critical Inquiries in the Sociolinguistics of Globalization
Av Tyler Andrew Barrett, Sender Dovchin
Häftad, 2019
584 kr
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The studies in this collection seek to examine the notions of ‘linguistic diversity’ and ‘hybridity’ through the lenses of new critical theories and theoretical frameworks embedded within the broader discussion of the sociolinguistics of globalization. The chapters include critical inquiries into …
Critical Inquiries in the Sociolinguistics of Globalization
Av Tyler Andrew Barrett, Sender Dovchin
Inbunden, 2019
1868 kr
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The studies in this collection seek to examine the notions of ‘linguistic diversity’ and ‘hybridity’ through the lenses of new critical theories and theoretical frameworks embedded within the broader discussion of the sociolinguistics of globalization. The chapters include critical inquiries into …
Gender, Neoliberalism and Distinction through Linguistic Capital
Taiwanese Narratives of Struggle and Strategy
Inbunden, 2019
1677 kr
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This book presents the narratives of four Taiwanese young women, all proficient in English, set against the background of the dynamics of multilingualism in Taiwan. It chronicles their strategies and struggles when utilizing cultural goods – in this case their linguistic resources – to …
Discursive Ecology of Homophobia
Unraveling Anti-LGBTQ Speech on the European Far Right
Häftad, 2019
637 kr
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Through an analysis of the discourse practices of populist Far Right groups in France, Italy and Belgian Flanders, this book makes a ground-breaking contribution to our understanding of the ways in which homophobic discourse functions. It proposes an innovative heuristic for the conceiving of the …
Discursive Ecology of Homophobia
Unraveling Anti-LGBTQ Speech on the European Far Right
Inbunden, 2019
1954 kr
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Through an analysis of the discourse practices of populist Far Right groups in France, Italy and Belgian Flanders, this book makes a ground-breaking contribution to our understanding of the ways in which homophobic discourse functions. It proposes an innovative heuristic for the conceiving of the …
Multilingualism, (Im)mobilities and Spaces of Belonging
Av Kristine Horner, Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain
Häftad, 2019
656 kr
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Certain forms of mobility and multilingualism tend to be portrayed as problematic in the public sphere, while others are considered to be unremarkable. Divided into three thematic sections, this book explores the contestation of spaces and the notion of borders, examines the ways in which heritage …
Multilingualism, (Im)mobilities and Spaces of Belonging
Av Kristine Horner, Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain
Inbunden, 2019
1967 kr
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Certain forms of mobility and multilingualism tend to be portrayed as problematic in the public sphere, while others are considered to be unremarkable. Divided into three thematic sections, this book explores the contestation of spaces and the notion of borders, examines the ways in which heritage …
Exploring (Im)mobilities
Language Practices, Discourses and Imaginaries
Av Anna De Fina, Gerardo Mazzaferro
Häftad, 2021
568 kr
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The impact of mobility and superdiversity in recent sociolinguistic research is well-established, yet very few studies deal with issues related to immobility. The chapters in this book focus on the sociolinguistic investigation of the dynamics between mobility and immobility as experienced by …
Exploring (Im)mobilities
Language Practices, Discourses and Imaginaries
Av Anna De Fina, Gerardo Mazzaferro
Inbunden, 2021
1809 kr
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The impact of mobility and superdiversity in recent sociolinguistic research is well-established, yet very few studies deal with issues related to immobility. The chapters in this book focus on the sociolinguistic investigation of the dynamics between mobility and immobility as experienced by …
Chronotopic Identity Work
Sociolinguistic Analyses of Cultural and Linguistic Phenomena in Time and Space
Av Sjaak Kroon, Jos Swanenberg
Häftad, 2019
392 kr
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The concept of chronotopicity is increasingly used in sociolinguistic theorizing as a new way of looking at context and scale in studies of language, culture and identity. This volume brings together empirical work that puts flesh on the bones of this rather abstract chronotopical theorizing, …
Chronotopic Identity Work
Sociolinguistic Analyses of Cultural and Linguistic Phenomena in Time and Space
Av Sjaak Kroon, Jos Swanenberg
Inbunden, 2019
1641 kr
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The concept of chronotopicity is increasingly used in sociolinguistic theorizing as a new way of looking at context and scale in studies of language, culture and identity. This volume brings together empirical work that puts flesh on the bones of this rather abstract chronotopical theorizing, …
Negotiating Identities, Language and Migration in Global London
Bridging Borders, Creating Spaces
Häftad, 2024
602 kr
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This book explores the transnational practices of migrant groups in global London, illustrating the complex relations between migrants and the city in the context of globalisation. The chapters offer a starting point to examine migrants and the city from a comparative perspective by bringing …
Negotiating Identities, Language and Migration in Global London
Bridging Borders, Creating Spaces
Inbunden, 2024
2010 kr
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This book explores the transnational practices of migrant groups in global London, illustrating the complex relations between migrants and the city in the context of globalisation. The chapters offer a starting point to examine migrants and the city from a comparative perspective by bringing …
Transcultural Voices
Narrating Hip Hop Culture in Complex Delhi
Inbunden, 2021
2010 kr
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This book presents the narratives and voices of young, mostly male practitioners of hip hop culture in Delhi, India. The author suggests that practitioners understand hip hop as both a thing that can be appropriated and authenticated, made real, in the local and global context and as a way that …
Linguistic Practice in Changing Conditions
Av Ben Rampton
Häftad, 2021
566 kr
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This book demonstrates the power and distinctiveness of the contribution that sociolinguistics can make to our understanding of everyday communicative practice under changing social conditions. It builds on the approaches developed by Gumperz and Hymes in the 1970s and 80s, and it not only affirms …
