Multilingualism

  • Multilingualism
    By David Singleton, Larissa Aronin

    “You represents the essence of democracy,” said attorney Tong S. Suhr, a community leader. “You liberates us from that [Korean] caste system, and it makes life so much easier.” Korean-born Kay S. Duncan, director of production with ...

  • Multilingualism
    By David Singleton, Larissa Aronin

    Mackey's (1970) typology considers the dimensions of home language, school curriculum, community and national languages and the status of the languages. He discusses different possibilities in relation to the above four dimensions.

  • Multilingualism
    By John Edwards

    19; the relevant sections of Locke's Essay are reproduced in Crowley's book. Crowley, 1991, p. 68. Modern lexicographers are less Quintilian-like and, even in 1877, Alexander Ellis (a co-worker with James Murray, the editor of the ...

  • Multilingualism: Proceedings of the 23rd Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics : Uppsala University, 1-3 October 2008
    By Anju Saxena

    Multilingualism: Proceedings of the 23rd Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics : Uppsala University, 1-3 October 2008

  • Multilingualism: a Very Short Introduction
    By John C. Maher

    John C. Maher explains why societies everywhere have become more multilingual, despite the disappearance of hundreds of the world languages.

  • Multilingualism: A Very Short Introduction
    By John C. Maher

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  • Multilingualism: A Nigerian Case Study
    By Efurosibina E. Adegbija

    For instance , all the cultures and languages that existed before the Soviet Union came into being were suppressed to a high degree by " Russian " and they took their legal rights back when the Soviets lost control .

  • Multilingualism: A Very Short Introduction
    By John C. Maher

    John Edwards, Multilingualism (London: Penguin, 1995). Joshua Fishman, Language and Ethnicity (Amsterdam: J. Benjamins, 1991). François Grosjean, Life with Two Languages: An Introduction to Bilingualism (Cambridge, ...

  • Multilingualism: Interdisciplinary Topics
    By Xiaoming Jiang

    Keywords: sociolinguistics, bilingualism, monolingualism, multilingualism, language choice, domain of language use, domain analysis 1. Introduction Multilingualism alludes to both a person's capacity to ...

  • Multilingualism: Understanding Linguistic Diversity
    By John Edwards

    Accessibly written in an engaging style which assumes no prior knowledge, this book is an essential introduction for anybody interested in multilingualism and language.

  • Multilingualism: A Sociolinguistic and Acquisitional Approach
    By Sarah Buschfeld

    ... landscaping. A touristic perception of the use of Irish language and Irish style fonts. In C. Amador-Moreno & St. Lucek (Eds.), Expanding the landscapes of Irish English: Research in honour of Jeffrey Kallen (pp. 237–253). Routledge ...

  • Multilingualism: Understanding Linguistic Diversity
    By John Edwards

    Multilingualism is everywhere in a globalized society. This book looks at the origins and development of languages, at language contact and competition, and at the emergence and the consequences of multilingualism.

  • Multilingualism
    By Charlotte Hoffmann, Anat Stavans

    What influence does being multilingual have on their identities? What is the social impact of multilingualism today and how do societies accommodate it? These are among the fascinating questions examined by this book.