Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 283 p.)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780826497987
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9781282452886
Series Statement:
Advances in Sociolinguistics
Content:
This 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
Note:
Includes indexes
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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 terms
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441125149
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780826497987
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Globalization and Language in Contact : Scale, Migration, and Communicative Practices
Language:
English
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