| Description |
457 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. What's a language? : what's a dialect? : what "social work" do they do? -- 3. Who is a bilingual? : what factors promote bilingualism? -- 4. Language maintenance and shift -- 5. Ideologies and attitudes -- 6. The social motivations for language use in interpersonal interactions -- 7. Inter-cultural communication -- 8. Lexical borrowing -- 9. What happens to grammars in bilingual contacts -- 10. Psycholinguistics and bilingualism -- 11. Age of acquisition and success with a second language -- 12. Language policies and globalization -- 13. Conclusions |
| Summary |
"Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism provides a comprehensive overview of all major aspects of bilingualism. It is primarily concerned with bilingualism as a sociopolitical phenomenon in the world and, as such, emphasizes languages in contact, language maintenance and shift, language policy (including educational policies), and language as a social identity marker. Other topics discussed include the grammatical or cognitive aspects of bilingualism, such as codeswitching and convergence, how bilingualism appears to be organized in the brain, and how child bilingualism differs from bilingualism acquired at a later age." "Designed for upper-level undergraduate or beginning graduate students, this textbook includes many detailed examples from all over the world and is written accessibly by a prominent bilingualism researcher."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Bilingualism.
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| LC no. |
2005001282 |
| ISBN |
0631219374 paperback alkaline paper |
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0631219366 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780631219361 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780631219378 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780631219361 hardback |
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9780631219378 paperback |
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0631219366 hardback |
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0631219374 paperback |
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