02975nam 2200673Ia 450 991045676790332120200520144314.01-282-45288-61-4411-2514-0(CKB)2520000000008175(EBL)476515(OCoLC)593216895(SSID)ssj0000338187(PQKBManifestationID)11929343(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338187(PQKBWorkID)10297363(PQKB)10844904(MiAaPQ)EBC476515(Au-PeEL)EBL476515(CaPaEBR)ebr10364059(CaONFJC)MIL245288(OCoLC)893334773(EXLCZ)99252000000000817520090817d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlobalization and language in contact[electronic resource] scale, migration, and communicative practices /edited by James Collins, Stef Slembrouck and Mike BaynhamLondon ;New York Continuum20091 online resource (296 p.)Advances in SociolinguisticsIncludes index.1-4411-2924-3 0-8264-9798-5 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 termsThis 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 Advances in SociolinguisticsLanguages in contactLanguage and languagesGlobalizationLanguage and cultureGlobalizationLinguistic changeElectronic books.Languages in contact.Language and languagesGlobalization.Language and cultureGlobalization.Linguistic change.306.44Collins James Phillip858664Slembrouck Stefaan1963-858665Baynham Mike1950-770166MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456767903321Globalization and language in contact1916740UNINA