Description: A concise yet compelling overview of multilingualism and its socio-cultural implications and consequences. Covering major topics including language origins, language death and artificial languages, this edition additionally discusses new areas, such as linguistic imperialism, minority languages, and folk linguistics. Also featured in this second edition is a brand-new chapter on new developments and approaches in the field and reflection questions for each chapter. Prologue 1. Language Origins and Language Diversity 2. Interpreting Language Diversity 3. The Emergence and Measurement of Multilingualism 4. Dialects and Other Language Varieties 5. Multilingual Abilities 6. The Consequences of Babel: Lingua Francas and Translation 7. Keeping Languages Pure 8. Languages and Identities 9. Language Decline and Revival: Basic Factors 10. Language Decline and Revival: Advocacy and Activism 11. Language Planning and the Ecology of Language 12. Postmodern Perspectives Epilogue Bibliography Index
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EAN: 9781350195417
UPC: 9781350195417
ISBN: 9781350195417
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Format: Paperback, 264 pages, 2nd Edition
Author: Edwards, John
Book Title: Multilingualism: Understanding Linguistic Diversit
Item Height: 2.5 cm
Item Length: 21.6 cm
Item Weight: 0.45 kg
Item Width: 13.8 cm
Language: Eng
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
