Introducing Multilingualism: A Social Approach by Kristine Horner (English) Hard

Description: Introducing Multilingualism by Kristine Horner, Jean Jacques Weber Introducing Multilingualism is a comprehensive and user-friendly introduction to the dynamic field of multilingualism. Adopting a compelling social and critical approach and covering important social and educational issues, the authors expertly guide readers through the established theories, leading them to question dominant discourses on subjects such as integration, heritage and language testing. This second edition has been fully revised and updated, featuring new chapters on multilingualism in new media, the workplace and the family. Other key topics include: language as a social construct language contact and variation language and identity the differences between individual and societal multilingualism translanguaging flexible multilingual education. With a wide range of engaging activities and quizzes and a comprehensive selection of case studies from around the world, this is essential reading for undergraduate students and postgraduate students new to studying multilingualism. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Kristine Horner is Reader in Luxembourg Studies and Multilingualism at the University of Sheffield, where she is also Director of the Centre for Luxembourg Studies. Her upcoming publications include a new edition of The German-speaking World (2018). Jean-Jacques Weber is Professor of English and Education at the University of Luxembourg. His most recent book publications are Language Racism (2015) and Flexible Multilingual Education: Putting Childrens Needs First (2014). Table of Contents AcknowledgementsPart I: Theoretical and methodological considerationsChapter 1: IntroductionA social approach to multilingualismA note on terminologyCoping with changeHow the book is structuredChapter 2: Theoretical and methodological frameworkThe construction of meaningDominant vs. critical readingsTowards an ethnographically based discourse analysisThe study of language ideologiesConclusionPart II: Multilingualism within and across languagesChapter 3: What is a language?Discourse models of languageWhat is standard English?English is a mere labelThe fuzzy boundaries of named languagesConsequences for teachingConsequences for researchConclusionChapter 4: Language variation and the spread of global languagesAfrican-American EnglishCaribbean nation languageSinglishThe global spread of EnglishTwo French youth languagesConclusionChapter 5: Revitalization of endangered languagesAustralian Aboriginal languages: a history of oppressionMori in New Zealand: a revitalization success storySámi and Kven in Norway: differential positionings on the success-failure continuumHebrew in Israel: the costs of revitalizationBreton in France: how (not) to standardizeCorsican and the polynomic paradigmConclusionPart III: Societal and individual multilingualism Chapter 6: Societal multilingualismUkraineSwitzerlandSingaporeHong Kong and ChinaSouth AfricaNigeriaConclusionChapter 7: Language and identities CategorizationGees four ways to view identityIdentity: a peach or an onion?Ethnic and national identityCode-switching and identityTranslanguaging identitiesConclusionChapter 8: The interplay between individual and societal multilingualismThe Canadian policy of bilingualism and multiculturalismSome consequences for First Nations peopleQuebec francophone nationalismIndividual bilingualism through institutional monolingualismExclusion through French, inclusion through EnglishShifting ideologiesConclusion: the commodification of languagePart IV: Multilingualism in education and other institutional sitesChapter 9: Flexible vs. fixed multilingualism US vs. EU language-in-education policyCase Study 1: LuxembourgCase Study 2: Catalonia and the Basque CountryDiscussion and conclusion: towards flexible multilingualismChapter 10: Mother tongue education or literacy bridges?The case for mother tongue education: African-American English The case against mother tongue education (in four steps): South AfricaThe problems with mother tongue educationTowards literacy bridgesConclusion: a possible solution for South AfricaChapter 11: Heritage language educationFrom mother tongue education to heritage language educationLanguage and heritage in the United StatesLanguage and heritage in EnglandThe dominance of the standard language and purist ideologies Discussion and conclusion: implications for the EU policy of multilingualism 12 Multilingualism in other institutional sitesMultilingualism in the workplaceMultilingualism in legal settings and asylum proceduresLanguage use in multilingual familiesPart V: Critical analysis of discoursesChapter 13: Institutional discourses on language and migration The discourse of integrationLanguage testing and citizenshipConclusion: unpacking the discourses of integration and language testingChapter 14: Media representations of multilingualismPast vs. present perceptions of multilingualism in the mediaFirwat ass alles schief gaangen?: responses to Luxembourgs PISA resultsConstructing the UK as an English-only spaceThe English Only movement in the USConclusion: a historical perspective on the one nation–one language ideologyChapter 15: Multilingualism in the new mediaNew media sociolinguisticsDigital ethnographyLanguage contact phenomena in digital languageThe limited multilingualism of the InternetLanguage policing in the social mediaConclusionChapter 16: Linguistic landscapeLimitations of (some) linguistic landscape analysesLanguage contact phenomena on multilingual signsSome basic distinctionsContextualizing and historicizing linguistic landscapesExploring the context of receptionDiscussion and conclusion: discourses in placePart VI: Further directions in the study of multilingualismChapter 17: ConclusionFurther directions in the study of multilingualismMoving into a multilingual futureNormalizing multilingualismNotes on the activitiesNotes on the quizzesAuthor indexSubject index Details ISBN1138244481 Author Jean Jacques Weber Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1138244481 ISBN-13 9781138244481 Format Hardcover Imprint Routledge Subtitle A Social Approach Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Replaces 9780415609982 Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-09-08 DEWEY 306.446 Pages 308 Affiliation University of Sheffield, UK Short Title Introducing Multilingualism Language English AU Release Date 2017-09-08 NZ Release Date 2017-09-08 UK Release Date 2017-09-08 Illustrations 10 Line drawings, black and white Edition Description 2nd edition Alternative 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