Introducing Multilingualism - A Social Approach

Table des matières

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

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Kristine Horner, Jean Jacques Weber, Jean Jacques Horner Weber, Jean Jacques/ Horner Weber, Jean-Jacques Weber
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 25.01.2012
• EAN: 9780415609982
• ISBN: 978-0-415-60998-2
• Pages: 232
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée