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Intercultural Contact, Language Learning and Migration (Advances in Sociolinguistics) - Hardcover

Book 6 of 16: Advances in Sociolinguistics

Jean Conacher

 
9781441189929: Intercultural Contact, Language Learning and Migration (Advances in Sociolinguistics)

Synopsis

At the heart of this volume lies an exploration of what actually happens to languages and their users when cultures come into contact. What actions do supra-national institutions, nation states, communities and individuals take in response to questions raised by the increasingly diverse forms of migration experienced in a globalized world? The volume reveals the profound impact that decisions made at national and international level can have on the lives of the individual migrant, language student, or speech community. Equally, it evaluates the broader ramifications of actions taken by migrant communities and individual language learners around issues of language learning, language maintenance and intercultural contact. Reflecting Jan Blommaerts assertion that in a world shaped by globalization, what is needed is a theory of language in society... of changing language in a changing society, this volume argues that researchers must increasingly seek diverse methodological approaches if they are to do justice to the diversity of experience and response they encounter.

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About the Authors

Barbara Geraghty is Lecturer in Japanese at the School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Jean E Conacher is Senior Lecturer in German, at the School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Jan Blommaert is Professor of Language, Culture and Globalization and Director of Babylon, Center for the Study of Superdiversity at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He also holds appointments at Ghent University (Belgium) and the University of the Western Cape (South Africa). He is the author of Discourse: A Critical Introduction (2005), The Sociolinguistics of Globalization 2010) and Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscapes: Chronicles of Complexity (2013).

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