Speech and the City: Multilingualism, Decoloniality and the Civic University

by Yaron Matras

The Brexit debate has been accompanied by a rise in hostile attitudes to multilingualism. However, cities can provide an important counter-weight to political polarisation by forging civic identities that embrace diversity. In this timely book, Yaron Matras describes the emergence of a city language narrative that embraces and celebrates multilingualism and helps forge a civic identity. He critiques linguaphobic discourses at a national level that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108485707
• ISBN13: 9781108485708
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages