Weber, Jean-Jacques.
Introducing multilingualism: a social approach/
jean-Jacques Weber, Kristine Horner.
- London: Routledge, 2014.
- x, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Part I 1. Introduction
2. Theoretical and methodological framework
Part II: Multilingualism within and across languages
3. What is a language?
4. Language variation and the spread of global languages
5. Revitalization of endangered languages Part III: Societal and individual multilingualism
6. Societal multilingualism
7. Language and identities
8. The interplay between individual and societal multilingualism
Part IV: Multilingual education
9. Flexible vs fixed multilingualism
10. Mother tongue education or literacy bridges?
11. Heritage language education
Part V: Critical analysis of discourses
12. Institutional discourses on language and migration
13. Media representations of multilingualism
14. Linguistic landscape
Part VI: Conclusion
Notes on the Activities Author
Index
Subject Index
9780415609975
Multilingualism--Social aspects
Sociolinguistics
306.446 / WEB/M