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OverviewThrough an innovative and interdisciplinary approach that combines critical sociolinguistic ethnography, multi-modality, reflexivity, and discourse analysis, this groundbreaking book reveals the multiple (and sometimes simultaneous) ways in which individuals engage and invest in representations of languages and identities.This timely work is the first to consider the significance of multilingualism and its relationship to citizenship as well as the development of linguistic repertoires as an essential component of language education in a globalized world. While examining the discourses and interconnections between multilingualism, globalization, and identity, the author draws upon a unique case study of the experiences, voices, trajectories, and journeys of Canadian youth of Italian origin from diverse social, geographical, and linguistic backgrounds, participating in university French language courses as well as training to become teachers of French in the urban, multicultural and global landscape of Toronto, Canada. In doing so, Byrd Clark skilfully illustrates the multidimensional ways that youth invest in language learning and socially construe their multiple identities within diverse contexts while weaving in and out of particularistic and universalistic identifications. This invaluable resource will not only shed light on how and why people engage in learning languages and for which languages they choose to invest, but will offer readers a deeper understanding of the complex interrelationships between multilingualism, identity, and citizenship. It will appeal to researchers in a variety of fields, including applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, language acquisition and linguistic anthropology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Julie Byrd ClarkPublisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation ISBN: 9781441178756ISBN 10: 1441178759 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 07 December 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available ![]() This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. Overlapping Identities, Symbolic Investments, and New Discursive Spaces; 2. Exploring Interconnections between Globalization, Multilingualism, Multiculturalism, and Identity; 3. An ethnographie a geometrie variable : Theoretical and Methodological Considerations; 4. Voices of Youth and Symbolic Investments: A Unique Case Study; 5. Appropriating and Negotiating Symbolic Investments: Strategies Across, Between, and Within Multiple Spaces Conclusion: Implications and Future Directions for Interdisciplinary Research; References; Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationDr Julie S. Byrd Clark is a Lecturer and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Toronto, Canada. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |