Jan Blommaert

The Sociolinguistics of Globalization

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book Jan Blommaert discusses the changes in human language in an age of globalization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9780521884068
• ISBN-10: 0521884063
• Artikelnr.: 28109227

Autorenporträt

Dong Jie completed her PhD at Tilburg University in 2009. She is a linguistic anthropologist at the Babylon Center and the Department of Languages and Cultures, Tilburg University. Her publications include Ethnographic Fieldwork: A Beginnerâ??s Guide (2010, with Jan Blommaert).

Inhaltsangabe

1. A critical sociolinguistics of globalization
2. A messy new marketplace
3. Locality, the periphery and images of the world
4. Repertoires and competence
5. Language, globalization, and history
6. Old and new inequalities
7. Reflections.

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1. A critical sociolinguistics of globalization; 2. A messy new marketplace; 3. Locality, the periphery and images of the world; 4. Repertoires and competence; 5. Language, globalization, and history; 6. Old and new inequalities; 7. Reflections.

Rezensionen

'Theoretically bold, clearly written, and politically engaged. The arguments are illustrated with a host of ingenious examples, drawn from many parts of the world.' James Collins, University at Albany, State University of New York