Emili (Hrsg.) Boix-Fuster

Urban Diversities and Language Policies in Medium-Sized Linguistic Communities

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This book examines medium-sized linguistic communities in urban contexts against the backdrop of the language policies which have been implemented in these respective areas. The authors provide new data and reflections on these linguistic communities which have languages somewhere in between the majority and minority, and re-evaluate the opposition between 'majority' and 'minority'. The book focuses on seven European cities, providing detailed information on their current situation and on the corresponding evolution of their linguistic repertoire. The book aims to improve our understanding of how and why languages live and decay, and of how i… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78309-392-2
EAN: 9781783093922
Produktnummer: 19563133
Verlag: Channel View Publications
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'185 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Emili Boix-Fuster is Professor in Sociolinguistics at the University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is General Editor of the academic journal Treballs de Sociolingüística Catalana (Papers in Catalan Sociolinguistics), and his research interests include intergenerational linguistic transmission, urban multilingualism and sociolects.