Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscapes - Chronicles of Complexity (Paperback, New)

Superdiversity has rendered familiar places, groups and practices extraordinarily complex, and the traditional tools of analysis need rethinking. In this book, Jan Blommaert investigates his own neighbourhood in Antwerp, Belgium, from a complexity perspective. Using an innovative approach to linguistic landscaping, he demonstrates how multilingual signs can be read as chronicles documenting the complex histories of a place. The book can be read in many ways: as a theoretical and methodological contribution to the study of linguistic landscape; as one of the first monographs which addresses the sociolinguistics of superdiversity; or as a revision of some of the fundamental assumptions of social science through the use of chaos and complexity theory as an inspiration for understanding the structures of contemporary social life.

General

Imprint:	Multilingual Matters
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Critical Language and Literacy Studies
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Jan Blommaert
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	144
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-78309-039-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Promotions
LSN:	1-78309-039-1
Barcode:	9781783090396

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