Introducing Multilingualism - A Social Approach

List of contents

Part I 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical and methodological framework Part II: Multilingualism within and across languages 3. What is a language? 4. Language variation and the spread of global languages 5. Revitalization of endangered languages Part III: Societal and individual multilingualism 6. Societal multilingualism 7. Language and identities 8. The interplay between individual and societal multilingualism Part IV: Multilingual education 9. Flexible vs fixed multilingualism 10. Mother tongue education or literacy bridges? 11. Heritage language education Part V: Critical analysis of discourses 12. Institutional discourses on language and migration 13. Media representations of multilingualism 14. Linguistic landscape Part VI: Conclusion Notes on the Activities Author Index Subject Index

About the author

Jean-Jacques Weber is Professor of English and Education at the University of Luxembourg. Kristine Horner is Director of the Centre for Luxembourg Studies at the University of Sheffield.

Product details

• Authors: Kristine Horner, Jean Jacques Weber, Jean Jacques Horner Weber, Jean Jacques/ Horner Weber, Jean-Jacques Weber
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2012
• EAN: 9780415609982
• ISBN: 978-0-415-60998-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics