Handbook of multilingualism and multilingual communication [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter Auer and Li Wei

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813626503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2007
• ISBN: 1-282-19447-X; 9786612194474; 3-11-019855-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 586 p.)
• Collana: Handbooks of applied linguistics ; ; v. 5
• Altri autori (Persone): AuerPeter <1954->; WeiLi <1961->
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetti: Bilingualism; Multilingualism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Multilingualism as a problem? Monolingualism as a problem? -- I. Becoming bilingual -- 1. Early bilingual and multilingual acquisition -- 2. Multilingualism and the family -- 3. Growing up in a multilingual community: Insights from language socialization -- 4. Becoming bi- or multi-lingual later in life -- 5. Becoming bilingual through bilingual education -- II. Staying bilingual -- 6. Bilingual children in monolingual schools -- 7. From minority programmes to multilingual education -- 8. From biliteracy to pluriliteracies -- 9. Multilingualism and Specific Language Impairment (SLI) -- 10. Measuring bilingualism -- III. Acting multilingual -- 11. Code-switching as a conversational strategy -- 12. Mixed codes -- 13. Multilingual forms of talk and identity work -- 14. Crossing - negotiating social boundaries -- 15. Bilingual professionals -- 16. Multilingualism in the workplace -- 17. Multilingualism and commerce -- IV. Living in a multilingual society -- 18. Societal multilingualism: reality, recognition and response -- 19. Multilingualism of autochthonous minorities -- 20. Multilingualism of new minorities (in migratory contexts) -- 21. Multilingualism in ex-colonial countries -- 22. Multilingualism and transnationalism.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is an up-to-date, concise introduction to bilingualism and multilingualism in schools, in the workplace, and in international institutions in a globalized world. The authors use a problem-solving approach and ask broad questions about bilingualism and multilingualism in society, including the question of language acquisition versus maintenance of bilingualism. Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of multilingualism and multilingual communication; presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field; offers solutions of everyday language-related problems; international handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field.