Multilingualism, citizenship, and identity : voices of youth and symbolic investments in an urban, globalized world /
Through an innovative and interdisciplinary approach that combines critical sociolinguistic ethnography, multi-modality, reflexivity, and discourse analysis, this groundbreaking book reveals the multiple (and sometimes simultaneous) ways in which individuals engage and invest in representations of l...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
c2009
London ; New York : ©2009 |
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| Summary: | Through an innovative and interdisciplinary approach that combines critical sociolinguistic ethnography, multi-modality, reflexivity, and discourse analysis, this groundbreaking book reveals the multiple (and sometimes simultaneous) ways in which individuals engage and invest in representations of languages and identities. This timely work is the first to consider the significance of multilingualism and its relationship to citizenship as well as the development of linguistic repertoires as an essential component of language education in a globalized world. While examining the discourses and in |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-221) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1441168249 1441178759 (electronic bk.) 1441178759 1441182519 6612590742 9781441168245 9781441178756 (electronic bk.) 9781441178756 9781441182517 9786612590740 |