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Serie: Multilingual matters
PaperbackEngels9781783092505
2-10-2014
This book challenges the monolingual mindset by highlighting how language-related issues surround us in many different ways, and explores the tensions that can develop in managing and understanding multilingualism. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781783093892
4-8-2015
This book examines medium-sized linguistic communities in urban contexts against the backdrop of the language policies which have been implemented in these respective areas. Meer
GebondenEngels9781783093908
4-8-2015
This book examines medium-sized linguistic communities in urban contexts against the backdrop of the language policies which have been implemented in these respective areas. Meer
GebondenEngels9781783094240
14-9-2015
This book explores the role that the High Academy of the Quechua Language plays in language policy and planning, and revitalization efforts for Quechua in the Andean region. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781783094905
2-2-2016
This book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of critical onomastic enquiry. The contributors to this publication examine why names are not only symbols of a person or place, but also manifestations of cultural, linguistic and social heritage in their own right. Meer
GebondenEngels9781783098941
7-11-2017
This book examines English-medium instruction (EMI) in Japanese higher education, situating it within Japan’s current policy context and examining the experiences of its stakeholders. Meer
GebondenEngels9781783092703
10-11-2014
In this volume, authors from four disciplines join forces to develop an analysis of political discourse on a comparative and multidisciplinary basis. Theoretically the book draws on the concept of language policy, operationalising it through the politics and policies of Finland and Sweden. Meer
GebondenEngels9781783094912
2-2-2016
This book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of critical onomastic enquiry. The contributors to this publication examine why names are not only symbols of a person or place, but also manifestations of cultural, linguistic and social heritage in their own right. Meer
GebondenEngels9781783095964
18-7-2016
When the former Yugoslavia disintegrated in the early 1990s, competence in English was not widespread. This book explores how English became equated with economic survival for many during and after the ensuing war. Meer
GebondenEngels9781847693136
7-10-2010
This book explores research being carried out on linguistic practices among adolescents in multilingual urban Scandinavia. It analyses new linguistic practices, examines how these practices are perceived and discusses how their speakers construct their identities, giving an insight into the linguistic realities of young people in the 21st century. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781853599293
13-12-2006
Despite the spread of multilingualism, the number of research studies in multilingual contexts is scarce. This book deals with this question by examining would-be teachers’ language use and attitudes, as their influence on future generations can be enormous. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781853599460
20-2-2006
This book is the first comprehensive approach to language on signs and provides a unique research perspective to urban multilingualism. It offers an up-to-date review of previous research, introduces a coherent analytical framework, and applies this framework to a sample of signs collected in Tokyo. Meer
GebondenEngels9781853599491
12-3-2007
This book traces the history and development of language defence in France and examines the sometimes contradictory attitudes of French people to their beloved language. Meer
GebondenEngels9781847693242
15-11-2010
Combining theory-oriented and empirical approaches, this book analyzes modes of identity construction in public discourse, particularly focusing on national and cross-national rhetorical strategies related to European Union enlargement and EU policy towards southeast Europe. Meer
GebondenEngels9781847693402
6-1-2011
This book asks whether language makes a difference when it comes to development, and whether there is a perceptible difference in development between countries that is attributable to their choice of language. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781847698346
9-11-2012
This volume explores the main challenges facing 7 well-established medium-sized language communities with regard to their survival and development at the beginning of the 21st century. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781847698681
19-2-2013
The relative status of native and non-native speaker language teachers within educational institutions has long been an issue worldwide but until recently, the voices of teachers articulating their own concerns have been rare. Meer
GebondenEngels9781847699046
22-2-2013
This book includes case studies, theoretical debates, international comparisons on minority languages, and presents a research agenda for the development of Minority Language Media studies. Meer
GebondenEngels9781847699145
8-4-2013
This book studies how language-in-education policies for additional language learning discursively construct ideologies of the relationships between languages and their speakers. Meer
GebondenEngels9781847699640
16-5-2013
This book presents a detailed survey of language attitudes, conflicts and policies over the period from 1830, when the French occupied Algeria, up to 2012, the year this country celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence. Meer