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The Multilingual City: Vitality, Conflict and Change
Lid King
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Description for The Multilingual City: Vitality, Conflict and Change
Paperback. This book is an exploration of the vitality of multilingualism and its critical importance in and for contemporary cities. It examines how the city has emerged as a key driver of the multilingual future, a concentration of different, changing cultures which somehow manage to create a new identity. Editor(s): King, Lid; Carson, Lorna. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFDM; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This book is an exploration of the vitality of multilingualism and of its critical importance in and for contemporary cities. It examines how the city has emerged as a key driver of the multilingual future, a concentration of different, changing cultures which somehow manage to create a new identity. The book uses the recent LUCIDE multilingual city reports as a basis for discussion and analysis, and deals with both societal and individual multilingualism in a way that draws on the full range of their historical, contemporary, visual/audible, psychological, educational and policy-oriented aspects. The book will be of interest to students ... Read more
This book is an exploration of the vitality of multilingualism and of its critical importance in and for contemporary cities. It examines how the city has emerged as a key driver of the multilingual future, a concentration of different, changing cultures which somehow manage to create a new identity. The book uses the recent LUCIDE multilingual city reports as a basis for discussion and analysis, and deals with both societal and individual multilingualism in a way that draws on the full range of their historical, contemporary, visual/audible, psychological, educational and policy-oriented aspects. The book will be of interest to students ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
375g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783094769
SKU
V9781783094769
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Lid King
Lid King was Director of CILT and then between 2003 and 2011 was National Director for Languages taking forward the implementation of the National Languages Strategy for England. He was co-author - with Lord Ron Dearing - of The Languages Review, and has represented the UK on languages at both the European Union and the Council of Europe. He established ... Read more
Reviews for The Multilingual City: Vitality, Conflict and Change
I invite members of CercleS and anyone interested in any aspect of multilingualism and intercultural competence to read The Multilingual City. It is a highly readable text - as explained above, it offers a clear and coherent presentation of the vitality of the urban landscape, with authors not only frequently cross-referencing to each other's contributions but also commenting on their ... Read more