Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism - Hardcover

Myers-Scotton, Carol

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631219366 ISBN 13: 9780631219361

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism provides a comprehensive overview of all major features of bilingualism, including grammatical, cognitive, and social aspects.

• examines bilingualism as a socio-political phenomenon and emphasizes languages in contact, language maintenance and shift, language policy, and bilingual education
  
• includes many detailed examples from all over the world
  
• written accessibly for students with little or no background in linguistics by a prominent bilingualism researcher

About this title

Book Description:

Primarily concerned with bilingualism as a socio-political phenomenon in the world, this book emphasizes languages in contact, language maintenance and shift, language policy, and bilingual education.

From the Back Cover:

Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism provides a comprehensive overview of all major aspects of bilingualism. It is primarily concerned with bilingualism as a socio-political phenomenon in the world and, as such, emphasizes languages in contact, language maintenance and shift, language policy (including educational policies), and language as a social identity marker. Other topics discussed include the grammatical or cognitive aspects of bilingualism, such as codeswitching and convergence, how bilingualism appears to be organized in the brain, and how child bilingualism differs from bilingualism acquired at a later age.

Designed for upper-level undergraduate or beginning graduate students, this textbook includes many detailed examples from all over the world and is written accessibly by a prominent bilingualism researcher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0631219366
• ISBN 13: 9780631219361
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 457