His sociological approach focussed on an important linguistic aspect, referred to by Halliday in the following terms: the subcultural environment as this is embodied in and transmitted through the language. In other words, the 'language ...
In Wales, a linguistic market (Bourdieu 1977) has been created in which the Welsh language carries high value. Knowledge of spoken Welsh and considerable capability in the reading and writing of Welsh are real assets when applying for ...
This book will interest all teachers, teacher-educators and researchers concerned with post-compulsory education and vocational education in compulsory schooling.
(Khubchandani provides an excellent example of post-colonial Indian interpretation of multilingualism.) Ranger, T. (1983) 'The invention of tradition in colonial Africa', in E. Hobsbawm and T. Ranger (eds) The Invention of Tradition, ...
The contributors to this volume have been at the forefront of these epistemological shifts.
The research in this unique collection lies at the interface between the fields of bilingualism and literacy.
The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism provides a comprehensive survey of the field of multilingualism for a global readership, and an overview of the research which situates multilingualism in its social, cultural and political context.
The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism provides a comprehensive survey of the field of multilingualism for a global readership, and an overview of the research which situates multilingualism in its social, cultural and political context.
Researching Multilingualism expertly engages with a new sociolinguistics of multilingualism, taking account of this new communicative order and the particular cultural and social conditions of our times.
The contributors to this volume have been at the forefront of these epistemological shifts.
First published in 1985, this book gives detailed information about which languages are in widespread use among children and adults, patterns of language use in different social contexts, the teaching of these community languages inside and ...