Overview

Arguing against a common sense view of bilingualism as the co-existence of two linguistic systems, this volume develops a critical perspective which approaches bilingualism as a wide variety of sets of sociolinguistic practices connected to the construction of social difference and of social inequality under specific historical conditions.

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Author:   M. Heller
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.488kg
ISBN:  

9781403996787

ISBN 10:   1403996784
Pages:   361
Publication Date:   29 April 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements Bilingualism as Ideology and Practice; M.Heller PART 1: BILINGUALISM, NATION, STATE AND CAPITALISM Bilingualism, Colonialism and Postcolonialism; C.Stroud Minority Language Movements; A.Jaffe Bilingualism and the Nation-State in ihe Post-National Era; J.Pujolar Beyond the Nation-State: International Agencies as New Sites of Discourses on Bilingualism; S.Muehlmann & A.Duchêne Language Endangerment, Language Rights and Indigeneity; D.Patrick PART 2: THE STATE, THE ECONOMY AND THEIR AGENCIES IN LATE MODERNITY Language, Migration and Citizenship: New Challenges in the Regulation of Bilingualism; M.G.Moyer & L.M.Rojo Multilingualism, Education and the Regulation of Access to Language Resources: Changing Research Perspectives; M.Martin-Jones Bilingualism and the Globalized New Economy: The Commodification of Language and Identity; E.Da Silva, M.Mclaughlin & M.Richards Bilingualism in the Mass Media and on the Internet; J.Androutsopoulos PART 3: IDENTITY PRACTICES Language Socialization and the (Re)Production of Bilingual Subjectivities; P.B.Garrett Heteroglossia and Boundaries; B.Bailey PART 4: LINGUISTIC FORM AND LINGUISTIC PRACTICE Bilingualism, Praxis and Linguistic Description; L.Tsitsipis Bilingualism and the Analysis of Talk at Work: Code-Switching as a Resource for the Organization of Action and Interaction; L.Mondada The Monolingual Bias in Bilingualism Research, Or: Why Bilingual Talk is (Still) a Challenge for Linguistics; P.Auer The Future of ""Bilingualism""; M.Heller Post-Face : Politique et Idéologie: La cas du Bilinguisme (Politics and Ideology: The Case of Bilingualism); A.Tabouret-Keller (English Summary: Politics and Ideology : The Case of Bilingualism) Index"

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'...contain[s] a significant amount of useful and well-researched debate, much of which may be the source of some interesting debates. It is certainly a useable book for the postgraduate researcher at which it is aimed, as well as for the more established academic.' - David Hill, Journal of Sociolinguistics

Author Information

MONICA HELLER is Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. Her major publications in the field of bilingualism include Codeswitching: Anthropological and Sociolinguistic Perspectives; Linguistic Minorities and Modernity: A Sociolinguistic Ethnography; Voices of Authority: Education and Linguistic Difference (edited with Marilyn Martin-Jones) and most recently Discours et identiti?s. La francit? canadienne entre modernit? et mondialisation (edited with Normand Labrie).

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