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Carol Myers-Scotton - Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism - 9780631219361 - V9780631219361
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Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism

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Description for Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism Hardback. Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism provides a comprehensive overview of all major features of bilingualism, including grammatical, cognitive, and social aspects. Num Pages: 472 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 824.

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

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631219361
SKU
V9780631219361
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Carol Myers-Scotton
Carol Myers-Scotton is Carolina Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Linguistics Program and Department of English at the University of South Carolina. Her numerous publications include Contact Linguistics: Bilingual Encounters and Grammatical Outcomes (2002) and Social Motivations for Codeswitching: Evidence from Africa (1993).

Reviews for Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism
"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, ... Read more

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