By: Marilyn Martin-Jones (Editor), Adrian Blackledge (Editor), Angela Creese (Editor)

Hardcover

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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 handbook includes an introduction and five sections with thirty two chapters by leading international contributors.

The introduction charts the changing landscape of social and ethnographic research on multilingualism (theory, methods and research sites) and it foregrounds key contemporary debates. Chapters are structured around sub-headings such as: early developments, key issues related to theory and method, new research directions.

This handbook offers an authoritative guide to shifts over time in thinking about multilingualism as well as providing an overview of the range of contemporary themes, debates and research sites. The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism is the ideal resource for postgraduate students of multilingualism, as well as those studying education and anthropology.

'The editors and the contributors have done an impressive job in putting together this landmark volume. The comprehensive coverage and critical edge make the handbook an invaluable resource for the novice and expert alike. It will no doubt be read and referred to again and again.' Li Wei, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK 'The field has come to expect nothing less from scholars such as Marilyn Martin-Jones, Adrian Blackledge, and Angela Creese: A superbly edited collection of articles that are cutting-edge, comprehensive, and compelling. The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism is an outstanding contribution to contemporary scholarship.' Bonny Norton, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, University of British Columbia, Canada

Introduction: A Sociolinguistics of Multilingualism for Our Times
Discourses About Multilingualism, Across Political and Historical Contexts
Indigenous Contexts
Lessons from Pre-colonial Multilingualism
Rethinking Discourses Around the 'English-cosmopolitan' Correlation: Scenes from Formal and Informal Multilingual Educational Contexts
Multilingual Citizenship and Minority Languages
Sign Language and the Politics of Deafness
Discourses About Linguistic Diversity
Language Rights: Promoting Civic/Multilingualism
Multilingualism and Education.
Indigenous Education: Local and Global Perspectives
Multilingualism in Education in Post-colonial Contexts: a Special Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
Regional Minorities, Education and Language Revitalization
Immersion Education: En Route to Multilingualism
Linguistic Diversity and Education
Multilingual Pedagogies
Global English and Bilingual Education
Multilingualism in Other Institutional Sites
Multilingualism in the Workplace
Multilingualism and Social Exclusion
Multilingualism in Legal Settings
Multilingualism and Public Service Access: Interpreting in Spoken and Signed Languages
Multilingualism and the Media
Multilingualism and Religion
Multilingualism in Social and Cultural Change
Multilingualism and the New Economy
Multilingualism on the Internet
Multilingualism and Popular Culture
Multilingualism and Gender
Situated Practices, Lived Realities
Disinventing Multilingualism: From Monological Multilingualism to Multilingual Francas
Multilingualism and Emotions
Codeswitching
Crossing
Heteroglossia
Multilingual Literacies
Multilingualism and Multimodality
Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism
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ISBN: 9780415496476
ISBN-10: 0415496470
Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 584
Published: 15th January 2011
Dimensions (cm): 25.3 x 17.7  x 3.2
Weight (kg): 1.162