John Gibbons, Elizabeth Ramirez

Broschiertes Buch

Maintaining a Minority Language

A Case

Beschreibung

This book explores what a high level of proficiency in 2 languages consists of and what factors can produce this level of bilingual proficiency. The book examines factors in the development of the minority language, such as home literacy practices and positive attitudes, that might contribute to the development of high bilingual proficiency.

Autor

John Gibbons teaches in the English Department of Hong Kong Baptist University. He has long term interests in the fields of bilingualism and language in the law. Publications include Code Mixing and Code Choice (Multilingual Matters, 1987), Learning Keeping and Using Language (Benjamins, 1990) Language and the Law (Longman, 1994) and Forensic Linguistics (Blackwell 'Language in Society' series, 2003). He is on the editorial board of several academic journals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 147mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781853597404
• ISBN-10: 1853597406
• Artikelnr.: 46605945