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An Introduction to Multilingualism - Language in a Changing World (Hardcover)
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An Introduction to Multilingualism - Language in a Changing World (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics
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This book offers an introduction to the many facets of
multilingualism in a changing world. It begins with an overview of
the multiplicity of human languages and their geographic
distribution, before moving on to the key question of what
multilingualism actually is and what is understood by terms such as
'mother tongue', 'native speaker', and 'speech community'. In the
chapters that follow, Florian Coulmas systematically explores
multilingualism with respect to the individual, institutions,
cities, nations, and cyberspace. In each of these domains, the
dynamics of language choice are undergoing changes as a result of
economic, political, and cultural forces. Against this background,
two chapters discuss the effects of linguistic diversity on the
integration and separation of language and society, before a final
chapter describes and assesses research methods for investigating
multilingualism. Each chapter concludes with problems and questions
for discussion, which place the topic in a real-world context. The
book explores where, when, and why multilingualism came to be
regarded as a problem, and why it presents a serious challenge for
linguistic theory today. It provides the basic tools to analyse
different kinds of multilingualism at both the individual and
society level, and will be of interest to students of linguistics,
sociology, education, and communication studies.
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