Globalization and Language in Contact: Scale, Migration, and Communicative Practices

Book Overview

This book examines the impact of globalization on languages in contact, including the study of linkages between the global and local, and transnational and situated communication. It engages with social theory and social processes while grappling with questions of language analysis raised by globalized language contact.

Drawing on case studies from North America, Europe and Africa, the volume makes three important contributions to contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826497985
• ISBN13: 9780826497987
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"