1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780947203321

Titolo

Globalization and language in contact [[electronic resource] ] : scale, migration, and communicative practices / / edited by James Collins, Stef Slembrouck and Mike Baynham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2009

ISBN

1-282-45288-6

1-4411-2514-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Advances in Sociolinguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

CollinsJames Phillip

SlembrouckStefaan <1963->

BaynhamMike <1950->

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Languages in contact

Language and languages - Globalization

Language and culture - Globalization

Linguistic change

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1 Introduction: scale, migration and communicative practice; PART I: Scale and Multilingualism; PART II: Spatialization, Migration and Identity; PART III: Studying Processes and Practices across Time and Space; Index of authors; Index of terms

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the impact of globalization on languages in contact, including the study of linkages between the global and local, and transnational and situated communication. It engages with social theory and social processes while grappling with questions of language analysis raised by globalized language contact. Drawing on case studies from North America, Europe and Africa, the volume makes three important contributions to contemporary sociolinguistics by:. * arguing that concepts of scale and space are essential for understanding contemporary sociolinguistic phenomena. * showing that



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910134095303321

Titolo

The journal of educational research

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington Ill., : Published for the University of Illinois, Bureau of Educational Research by the Public School Publ. Co., 1920-

[Philadelphia, PA], : Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1940-0675

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (volumes)

Disciplina

370

Soggetti

Education

Psychology, Educational

Éducation

Onderwijs

Enseignement primaire

Enseignement secondaire

Periodical

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from cover (JSTOR, viewed Aug. 21, 2009).

Imprint varies; published: Madison, WI : Sept. 1940-July/Aug. 1974; Washington, DC : Sept. 1974-

Publisher varies.