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Globalization and Language in the Spanish Speaking World
Macro and Micro Perspectives
Av C. Mar-Molinero, M. Stewart
Inbunden, 2006
1097 kr
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This volume considers the spread of Spanish today and particularly its role in the processes of globalization. Spanish is frequently dominant in contact with other languages. But how contested is its hegemony and how far does it threaten other languages? How are these other minoritized languages …
Language and the City
Av Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost, Kenneth A. Loparo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1206 kr
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This book shows the effects of globalization on language in social context, identifying the city as the key site for the realization of these effects. It challenges assumptions that hold sustainable linguistic diversity to be inherently non-urban while regarding the city as an unproblematic site …
Narratives of Place, Belonging and Language
An Intercultural Perspective
Av Kenneth A. Loparo, Máiréad Nic Craith m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
635 kr
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Examining identity in relation to globalization and migration, this book uses narratives and memoirs from contemporary authors who have lived 'in-between' two or more languages. It explores the human desire to find one's 'own place' in new cultural contexts, and looks at the role of language in …
Relocation of English
Shifting Paradigms in a Global Era
Av M. Saraceni
Inbunden, 2010
552 kr
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Addressing issues related to the physical, cultural, ideological and psychological relocation of English, this volume provides a critical examination of current sociolinguistic study of English in the world and suggests a new approach which focuses more on ideological and psychological aspects of …
Language and the Market
Av Gerlinde Mautner, H. Kelly-Holmes
Inbunden, 2010
1130 kr
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Market forces are widely acknowledged to be at the heart of globalizing forces, and any consideration of how globalization affects language and vice versa requires an in-depth examination of the relationship between languages and markets. Despite this, the disciplines of sociolinguistics and …
Language, Discourse and Identity in Central Europe
The German Language in a Multilingual Space
Av J. Carl, P. Stevenson
Inbunden, 2009
552 kr
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Central Europe has always been a highly multilingual region but how has this been affected by the social and political transformations of the last 20 years? The German language in particular has long played a key role in processes of identification here: but what role is the relationship between …
Linguistic Landscape of the Mediterranean
French and Italian Coastal Cities
Av Stefania Tufi, Robert J. Blackwood
Inbunden, 2015
1354 kr
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This book explores the Linguistic Landscapes of ten French and Italian Mediterranean coastal cities. The authors address the national languages, the regional languages and dialects, migrant languages, and the English language, as they collectively mark the public space.
Language, Space and Identity in Migration
Av G. Liebscher, J. Dailey-O'Cain
Inbunden, 2013
552 kr
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This book explores both theoretical and practical issues of language use in a migration context, using data from a German urban immigrant community in Canada. Through this transcontinental perspective, the book makes a new contribution to the literature on both language and identity and language …
Dangerous Multilingualism
Northern Perspectives on Order, Purity and Normality
Av J. Blommaert, S. Leppänen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1130 kr
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Focuses on the endangering effects of language-ideological processes. This book looks at the challenges imposed by globalization and super-diversity on the nation state and its language situations and ideologies, and demonstrates how many of its problems rise from the tension between late-modern …
Challenges in the Social Life of Language
Av John Edwards
Inbunden, 2011
1098 kr
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The first book to highlight the most pressing sociology-of-language themes of our times. All of which have to do with the twin issues of power and identity . Important evidence and illustrations bearing upon these matters are provided and supplemented by an extensive bibliography.
Discursive Constructions of Identity in European Politics
Av R. Mole
Inbunden, 2007
537 kr
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This volume brings together specialists from a range of disciplines to discuss the discursive construction of ethnic, national and regional identities and analyse how specific identity discourses condition and constrain knowledge and action with regard to various socio-political issues in Europe.
Discourse and Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe
Av A. Galasinska, M. Krzyzanowski
Inbunden, 2008
635 kr
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This volume explores the discursive nature of post-1989 social change in Central and Eastern Europe. Through a set of national case studies, the construction of post-communist transformation is explored from the point of view of accelerating and unique dynamics of linguistic and discursive …
Intercultural Journeys
From Study to Residence Abroad
Av J. Jackson
Inbunden, 2010
1130 kr
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Focusing on the actual experiences of L2 students who travelled from their homes to foreign lands as part of a faculty-led, short-term SA program, the author explores the linkage between intercultural awareness and sensitivity, language development (e.g., sociopragmatic awareness), and identity …
Multilingual Identities in a Global City
London Stories
Av D. Block
Häftad, 2005
552 kr
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Opening with a discussion of the key issues of globalization, migration, multiculturalism, multilingualism and global cities, David Block then turns to four detailed case studies: East Asian students living and working in London; foreign language teachers from France; London's growing Latino …
Language of Belonging
Häftad, 2005
1098 kr
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This examines a significant aspect of contemporary social life: cultural identities and our linguistic means of constructing them. It combines a theoretical re-assessment of processes of identification with case studies of the discourses of three-generation families living in split-border …
From Migrant to Citizen: Testing Language, Testing Culture
Av C. Slade, M. Möllering
Inbunden, 2010
1098 kr
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In this impressive volume a combination of theorists - linguists, historians and lawyers - address the subject of citizenship testing for language proficiency and 'cultural' knowledge. Discussing themes of identity and cultural belonging, they draw out the implications for Australia and the wider …
(Re-)Locating TESOL in an Age of Empire
Av J. Edge
Häftad, 2006
552 kr
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Are TESOL professionals now fairly seen as agents of a new English-speaking empire? Or, if they wish to distance themselves from this role, are there ways of working and living that would make this differentiation clear? An international group of authors put forward their differing proposals for …
New Ethnicities and Language Use
Av R. Harris
Häftad, 2006
552 kr
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The children and grandchildren of South Asian migrants to the UK are living out British identities which go largely unrecognized. This book emphasizes their everyday low-key Britishness, albeit a Britishness with new inflections. It is this sensibility that marks them as Brasians .
Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices
Language and the Future of Europe
Av C. Mar-Molinero, P. Stevenson
Häftad, 2005
552 kr
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The contributors to Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes in a globalizing world. They explore in detail the specific ways in which language ideologies underpin language policy and the relationship between …
Globalization and Language in the Spanish Speaking World
Macro and Micro Perspectives
Av C. Mar-Molinero, M. Stewart
Häftad, 2006
1098 kr
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This volume considers the spread of Spanish today and particularly its role in the processes of globalization. Spanish is frequently dominant in contact with other languages. But how contested is its hegemony and how far does it threaten other languages? How are these other minoritized languages …
Language, Citizenship and Identity in Quebec
Häftad, 2007
1130 kr
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Globalization is calling for new conceptualizations of belonging within culturally diverse communities. Quebec, driven by the pressures of maintaining Francophone identity and accommodating migrant groups, provides a fascinating case study of how to foster a sense of belonging.
Minority Language Promotion, Protection and Regulation
The Mask of Piety
Av C. Williams
Inbunden, 2013
1130 kr
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This is an analysis of the promises and contradictions surrounding contemporary minority language policy. It draws on theoretical and real-world perspectives and interviews with key players within European institutions together with field work undertaken principally in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the …
Globalizing Language Policy and Planning
An Irish Language Perspective
Inbunden, 2015
569 kr
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The book examines the changing relationship between minority languages and language policy and planning in the context of globalization, through an examination of the Irish language context. It demonstrates how localized practices are involved in the refashioning of the value of the Irish language.
Language, Immigration and Labor
Negotiating Work in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Av E. DuBord
Inbunden, 2014
1098 kr
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This book explores dominant ideologies about citizenship, nation, and language that frame the everyday lives of Spanish-speaking immigrant day laborers in Arizona. It examines the value of speaking English in this context and the dynamics of intercultural communication in fast-paced job …
Transcultural Performance
Negotiating Globalized Indigenous Identities
Av Michele Back
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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Featuring interviews, conversations and observations from a multi-sited ethnography of Ecuadorean musicians and their families, this book offers an innovative response to previous analyses of globalization and indigenous languages, demonstrating how transcultural practices can enhance the use and …
Conflict, Exclusion and Dissent in the Linguistic Landscape
Inbunden, 2015
1316 kr
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This book explores the dynamics of the linguistic landscape as a site of conflict, exclusion, and dissent. It focuses on socio-historical, economic, political and ideological issues, such as reflected in mass protest demonstrations, to forge links between landscape, identity, social justice and …
Trans-National English in Social Media Communities
Inbunden, 2017
1207 kr
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This book explores the use of English within otherwise local-language conversations by two continental European social media communities. The analysis of these communities serves not only as a comparison of online language practices, but also as a close look at how globalization phenomena and …
Internationalizing Teaching, Localizing Learning
An Examination of English Language Teaching Reforms and English Use in China
Inbunden, 2017
1173 kr
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Based on ethnographic and policy data collected over a ten-year span at a university in the People’s Republic of China, this book analyses the history of English Language Teaching (ELT) polices in Chinese higher education. The book uses the university as a lens in which to investigate the creative …
Language and Literacy in Refugee Families
Inbunden, 2016
1207 kr
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This book examines the agreements and discrepancies between public understanding and assumptions about refugees, and the actual beliefs and practices among the refugees themselves in a time of increasing mobility fuelled by what many call 'refugee crisis’. With a focus on language and literacy …
Narratives of Place, Belonging and Language
An Intercultural Perspective
Av Mairead Nic Craith, Kenneth A. Loparo m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
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Examining identity in relation to globalization and migration, this book uses narratives and memoirs from contemporary authors who have lived 'in-between' two or more languages. It explores the human desire to find one's 'own place' in new cultural contexts, and looks at the role of language in …
