Handbook of Language and Communication: Diversity and Change (Handbooks of Applied Linguistics 9) (Handbooks of Applied Linguistics)

Marlis Hellinger (Editor)/ Anne Pauwels (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3110182173 / ISBN 13: 9783110182170

Verlag: Mouton de Gruyter, 2007

Beschreibung

illustrated edition. 786 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Handbook of Language and Communication: Diversity and Change (Handbooks of Applied Linguistics 9) (Handbooks of Applied Linguistics)
• Verlag: Mouton de Gruyter
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3110182173
• ISBN-13: 9783110182170
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Brand New

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Inhaltsangabe

The volume has four parts: Part I (Language minorities and inequality) analyses language contact and linguistic diversity as a global phenomenon, Part II (Language planning and language change) focuses on colonialism, imperialism and economics as factors that language policies and planning measures must account for, Part III (Language variation and change in institutional contexts) examines language-related problems in education, religion, science and the Internet, and Part IV (The discourse of linguistic diversity and language change) relates public discourses on language and racism, sexism and political correctness to different ideological positions, values and attitudes. Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of linguistic diversity and change presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field offers solutions of everyday language-related problems international handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Marlis Hellinger, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Anne Pauwels, University of Birmingham, UK.