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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786963303321

Titolo

Multilingualism and language diversity in urban areas [[electronic resource] ] : acquisition, identities, space, education / / edited by Peter Siemund ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013

ISBN

90-272-7221-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Collana

Hamburg studies on linguistic diversity, , 2211-3703 ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

SiemundPeter <1965->

GogolinIngrid

SchulzMonika

DavydovaJulia <1977->

Disciplina

306.44/6091732

Soggetti

Multilingualism - Social aspects

Urban dialects

Language and languages - Variation

Languages in contact

Sociolinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Language acquisition, contact, and change --  Multilingual identities -- Urban spaces -- Education.

Sommario/riassunto

Because of the power and international status of English, and because of real or perceived pressures to 'assimilate' persons from non-English speaking cultural backgrounds, educators in English-dominant countries are likely to have a primary focus on the academic achievement of learners based on monolingual (English) standards and benchmarks. 'Success' in educational contexts is likely to reflect the common sense view "the more English, as early as possible, the better the outcome", which, while intuitively logical, is not supported by the best available research on the acquisition of English