Viv Edwards

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Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World (eBook, PDF)

Pedigree of Nations

Beschreibung

Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World is the winner of the BAAL Book Prize 2005. Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World: Pedigree of Nations explores the consequences of English as a global language and multilingualism as a social phenomenon. Written accessibly, it explores the extent of diversity in 'inner circle' English speaking countries (the UK, the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand) and examines language in the home, school, and the wider community. * Considers the perspectives of English as a global language as well as multilingualism as a social phenomenon. * Written in an accessible style that draws on contemporary real life examples. * Examines the everyday realities of people living in 'inner circle' English-speaking countries, such as the UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. * Discusses the theoretical issues that underpin current debates, drawing on research literature on societal multilingualism, language maintenance and shift, language policy, language and power, and language and identity.

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Autor

Viv Edwards is Professor of Language and Education at the University of Reading. She is editor of the international journal Language and Education, and her publications include The World in a Classroom: Language in Education in Britain and Canada (with Angela Redfern, 1992), The Other Languages: A Guide to Multilingual Classrooms (1996), and The Power of Babel: Teaching and Learning in Multilingual Classrooms (1998).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470754764
• Artikelnr.: 38211108

Rezensionen

'This ambitious book is timely, well conceived, and highlyaccessible to a wide audience. The author brings together a rangeof topics related to language that have not been addressedcoherently in any other volume.' Jim Cummins,University of Toronto

'This is a book whose time has come. Its focus onmultilingualism in English-dominant countries uncovers a wealth oflanguage activity that has largely gone unnoticed, and unremarked,until now, providing a much-needed counterbalance to the myopicpreoccupation in the academic and wider popular literature withEnglish. Viv Edwards's book is also simply a pleasure to read- highly lucid, accessible and interesting, there is muchhere to enjoy, and learn from, for both the academic and thegeneral reader.' Stephen May, Universityof Waikato

"This work remains an important contribution tomacro-sociolinguistic issues." Journal ofSociolinguistics

"A hugely informative and timely book, which focuses onmultilingualism in English-dominant countries"
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