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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Myers-Scotton, Carol. Multiple voices. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006 (OCoLC)607691581 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Carol Myers-Scotton |
ISBN: | 9780631219361 0631219366 9780631219378 0631219374 9781405141239 1405141239 |
OCLC Number: | 57549686 |
Description: | xiii, 457 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. What's a language? : what's a dialect? : what "social work" do they do? -- 3. Who is a bilingual? : what factors promote bilingualism? -- 4. Language maintenance and shift -- 5. Ideologies and attitudes -- 6. The social motivations for language use in interpersonal interactions -- 7. Inter-cultural communication -- 8. Lexical borrowing -- 9. What happens to grammars in bilingual contacts -- 10. Psycholinguistics and bilingualism -- 11. Age of acquisition and success with a second language -- 12. Language policies and globalization -- 13. Conclusions. |
Responsibility: | Carol Myers-Scotton. |
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"It's been hard to find a good textbook in bilingualism for undergraduate students in such diverse fields as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and language policy; but Myers-Scotton, a leading scholar in the area, has met the need. Topics covered include language maintenance, language ideology, inter-cultural communication, lexical and grammatical borrowing, and language globalization. Numerous case studies from nations as far-flung as Italy, China, and Kenya, and from immigrant communities such as Turks in the Netherlands and Haitians in New York, make this a most attractive volume." William Bright, Editor Emeritus, Language in Society "Multiple Voices accomplishes a rare feat - it is both an accessible introduction to the study of bilingualism and a comprehensive treatment of research in the field. This is an ideal textbook for courses on language contact." Janet Fuller, Southern Illinois University "This introduction is not a simple synthesis of research and theory, but also a compendium of a lifetime of dedication to understanding bilingualism." Multilingua Read more...


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