Multilingual Matters – serie
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132 produkter
Art of Raising Multilingual Children
Häftad, 2026
305 kr
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Offers grounded and flexible advice on multilingual parenting, family wellbeing and everyday family life.This practical guide offers intentional, adaptable strategies for families raising children in multilingual environments, especially those where parents speak different heritage languages. It …
Aspects of Bilingualism in Wales
Av Colin Baker
Häftad, 1985
440 kr
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Wales is a small nation with a long and varied tradition of bilingualism. The minority language and culture is under threat. The book seeks to take the temperature of the Welsh language. Building on a computer analysis of the 1981 Welsh language Census data, the book provides evidence of a language …
Aspects of Bilingualism in Wales
Av Colin Baker
Inbunden, 1985
1494 kr
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Wales is a small nation with a long and varied tradition of bilingualism. The minority language and culture is under threat. The book seeks to take the temperature of the Welsh language. Building on a computer analysis of the 1981 Welsh language Census data, the book provides evidence of a language …
Language and Education in Multilingual Settings
Häftad, 1986
440 kr
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The difference between languages that children learn in the home (their mother tongues) and the languages valued by society and established as the medium of instruction in schools is an almost universal problem in educational systems. Proposals for mother tongue education, for bilingual programmes …
Bilingualism
Basic Principles
Häftad, 1986
440 kr
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This revised edition of a major textbook provides an introduction to the queries that arise in connection with bilingualism and the effect it has on the personality. It underlines the normality of speaking and using more than one language and aims to dispel many myths and fears. It should interest …
Solutions for the Assessment of Bilinguals
Av Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole
Inbunden, 2013
1525 kr
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Solutions for the Assessment of Bilinguals presents innovative solutions for the evaluation of language abilities and proficiency in multilingual speakers – and by extension, the evaluation of their cognitive and academic abilities. This volume brings together researchers working in a variety of …
Identity and Language Learning
Extending the Conversation
Av Bonny Norton
Inbunden, 2013
1122 kr
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Identity and Language Learning draws on a longitudinal case study of immigrant women in Canada to develop new ideas about identity, investment, and imagined communities in the field of language learning and teaching. Bonny Norton demonstrates that a poststructuralist conception of identity as …
Scholar's Guide to Getting Published in English
Critical Choices and Practical Strategies
Av Mary Jane Curry, Theresa Lillis
Inbunden, 2013
1147 kr
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In many locations around the globe, scholars are coming under increasing pressure to publish in English in addition to other languages. However research has shown that proficiency in English is not always the key to success in English-medium publishing. This guide aims to help scholars explore the …
Global-Local Interface and Hybridity
Exploring Language and Identity
Inbunden, 2013
1603 kr
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The chapters in this volume seek to bring hybrid language practices to the center of discussions about English as a global language. They demonstrate how local linguistic resources and practices are involved in the refashioning of identities in a variety of cross-cultural and geographical contexts, …
Rethinking Language and Culture in Japanese Education
Beyond the Standard
Av Shinji Sato, Neriko Musha Doerr
Inbunden, 2014
1677 kr
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How does language or culture come to be standardized to the degree that it is considered 'homogeneous'? How does teaching language relate to such standardization processes? How can teaching be mindful of the standardization processes that potentially involve power relations? Focusing on the case of …
Challenging the Monolingual Mindset
Av John Hajek, Yvette Slaughter
Häftad, 2014
514 kr
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This volume illustrates the distinctive and interconnected use of languages in increasingly diversified communities, examining a range of multilingual contexts, including post-migration settlement, language policy, education, language contact and intercultural communication. With contributions from …
Language Policies in Finland and Sweden
Interdisciplinary and Multi-sited Comparisons
Av Mia Halonen, Pasi Ihalainen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1483 kr
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In this volume, authors from four disciplines join forces to develop an analysis of political discourse on a comparative and multidisciplinary basis. Language policy is often based on the political use of history, where the remembrance of past experiences by communities, individuals and historical …
Language Policy in Higher Education
The Case of Medium-Sized Languages
Av F. Xavier Vila Moreno, Vanessa Bretxa
Häftad, 2014
485 kr
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In today's increasingly interconnected, knowledge-based world, language policy in higher education is rapidly becoming a crucial area for all societies aiming to play a part in the global economy. The challenge is double faceted: how can universities retain their crucial role of creating the …
Language Policy in Higher Education
The Case of Medium-Sized Languages
Av F. Xavier Vila Moreno, Vanessa Bretxa
Inbunden, 2014
1624 kr
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In today's increasingly interconnected, knowledge-based world, language policy in higher education is rapidly becoming a crucial area for all societies aiming to play a part in the global economy. The challenge is double faceted: how can universities retain their crucial role of creating the …
Urban Diversities and Language Policies in Medium-Sized Linguistic Communities
Häftad, 2015
484 kr
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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 …
Urban Diversities and Language Policies in Medium-Sized Linguistic Communities
Inbunden, 2015
1671 kr
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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 …
Linking Discourse Studies to Professional Practice
Inbunden, 2015
1923 kr
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This book examines how discourse analysts could best disseminate their research findings in real world settings. Each chapter presents a study of spoken or written discourse with authors putting forward a plan for how to engage professional practice in their work, using this volume’s Framework for …
Language Ideology, Policy and Planning in Peru
Inbunden, 2015
1677 kr
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This book explores the role of language academies in preserving and revitalizing minority or endangered languages. The author studies the controversial High Academy of the Quechua Language (HAQL) in Peru, the efficacy of which has been questioned by some experts. The book delves into the positions, …
Emotion and Discourse in L2 Narrative Research
Inbunden, 2015
1525 kr
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This book examines the interactional management of emotionality in second language autobiographical interview research. Advancing a discursive constructionist approach, it offers a timely methodological and reflexive perspective that brings into focus the dynamic and dilemmatic aspects of …
Refugee Resettlement in the United States
Language, Policy, Pedagogy
Av Emily M. Feuerherm, Vaidehi Ramanathan
Inbunden, 2015
1481 kr
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This edited volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by, for, and about refugees in the United States in order to deepen our understanding of what ‘refugee’ and ‘resettlement’ mean. The main themes of the chapters highlight:the intersections of …
Names and Naming
People, Places, Perceptions and Power
Häftad, 2016
656 kr
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This book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of onomastic enquiry. Naming practices are viewed here through a critical lens, demonstrating a high level of political and social engagement in relation to how we name people and places. The contributors to this …
Names and Naming
People, Places, Perceptions and Power
Inbunden, 2016
2010 kr
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This book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of onomastic enquiry. Naming practices are viewed here through a critical lens, demonstrating a high level of political and social engagement in relation to how we name people and places. The contributors to this …
Language, Immigration and Naturalization
Legal and Linguistic Issues
Av Ariel Loring, Vaidehi Ramanathan
Inbunden, 2016
1333 kr
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This volume focuses on the everyday legalities and practicalities of naturalization including governmental processes, the language of citizenship tests and classes, the labelling and lived experiences of immigrants/outsiders and the media’s interpretation of this process. The book brings together …
New Insights into Arabic Translation and Interpreting
Inbunden, 2016
1273 kr
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This book addresses translation and interpreting with Arabic either as a source or target language. It focuses on new fields of study and professional practice, such as community translation and interpreting, and offers fresh insights into the relationship between culture, translation and …
Status of English in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Inbunden, 2016
1967 kr
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When Yugoslavia disintegrated in the early 1990s, competence in English was not widespread. This book explores how English came to be equated with economic survival for many during and after the ensuing war through a range of diverse social and professional contexts, from the classroom to the …
Prescription and Tradition in Language
Establishing Standards across Time and Space
Av Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Carol Percy
Inbunden, 2016
2070 kr
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This book contextualises case studies across a wide variety of languages and cultures, crystallising key interrelationships between linguistic standardisation and prescriptivism, and between ideas and practices. It focuses on different traditions of standardisation and prescription throughout the …
Soft Power and the Worldwide Promotion of Chinese Language Learning
The Confucius Institute Project
Av Jeffrey Gil
Inbunden, 2017
1483 kr
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‘The Confucius Institute Project’ – consisting of Confucius Institutes and Classrooms, the posting of Chinese language teachers to overseas schools and universities and the Chinese Bridge language competition – represents an attempt by China to extend its influence globally through the use of soft …
English-Medium Instruction in Japanese Higher Education
Policy, Challenges and Outcomes
Av Annette Bradford, Howard Brown
Inbunden, 2017
1954 kr
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English-Medium Instruction in Japanese Higher Education provides a touchstone for higher education practitioners, researchers and policy makers. It enables readers to more clearly understand why policies concerning English-medium instruction (EMI) are in place in Japan, how EMI is being …
Choosing a Mother Tongue
The Politics of Language and Identity in Ukraine
Inbunden, 2019
1725 kr
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This book presents a sociocultural linguistic analysis of discourses of conflict, as well as an examination of how linguistic identity is embodied, negotiated and realized during a time of war. It provides new insights regarding multilingualism among Ukrainians in Ukraine and in the diaspora of New …
Choosing a Mother Tongue
The Politics of Language and Identity in Ukraine
Häftad, 2024
442 kr
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This book presents a sociocultural linguistic analysis of discourses of conflict, as well as an examination of how linguistic identity is embodied, negotiated and realized during a time of war. It provides new insights regarding multilingualism among Ukrainians in Ukraine and in the diaspora of New …
