Affaires MultilinguesSéries

Cette série explore le monde complexe du multilinguisme, abordant des sujets allant de l'acquisition d'une seconde langue aux politiques linguistiques et au multiculturalisme. Elle se concentre sur les implications sociétales plus larges de la langue, y compris son rôle dans le maintien et l'évolution culturelle, ainsi que sur des questions d'identité profondément personnelles. Chaque volume propose des analyses approfondies, précieuses pour les universitaires et toute personne intéressée par la langue comme élément vital de la société et de la culture humaines.

English-Medium Instruction at Universities

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Language-in-education Policies
The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Relations
Anthony J. Liddicoat
254pages
9 heures de lecture
Focusing on language-in-education policies, this book critically examines how these policies shape ideologies regarding the relationships between languages and their speakers. Through detailed case studies and analyses of policy documents from various contexts, it reveals the ways in which these ideologies are articulated and evolve over time, offering insights into the complexities of additional language learning.
European Multilingualism
Current Perspectives and Challenges
Rosita Rindler Schjerve
232pages
9 heures de lecture
The book delves into European Multilingualism, emphasizing it as a dynamic process influenced by policy-making and scientific research. Building on findings from the EU project LINEE, it adopts a multi-focal perspective to explore how languages interact within Europe, highlighting the complexities and ongoing developments in multilingual policies and practices.
Attitudes and Languages
Colin Baker
184pages
7 heures de lecture
3,0(1)Évaluer
Focusing on the significance of attitudes, this book explores their central role in understanding both minority and majority languages. It connects established theories from social psychology to the phenomena of language restoration and decay. The research highlights the unique nature of attitudes toward bilingualism compared to those directed at specific languages, providing insights into how these perceptions influence linguistic dynamics.
English-Medium Instruction at Universities
Collectif d'auteurs
3,5(2)Évaluer
This book provides critical insights into the English-medium instruction experiences which have been implemented at a number of universities in countries such as China, Finland, Israel, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain and the USA, which are characterised by differing political, cultural and sociolinguistic situations.
Linguistic Landscapes
Peter Backhaus
158pages
6 heures de lecture
3,0(3)Évaluer
This book is the first comprehensive approach to language on signs and provides a unique research perspective to urban multilingualism. It offers an up-to-date review of previous research, introduces a coherent analytical framework, and applies this framework to a sample of signs collected in Tokyo.
The Making of Monolingual Japan
Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity
Patrick Heinrich
214pages
8 heures de lecture
4,5(4)Évaluer
Focusing on language modernization in Japan, the book challenges the misconception of linguistic homogeneity by examining debates through a language ideology lens. It reveals how prevailing language ideologies can diminish linguistic diversity, providing insights into the complex dynamics of language change and societal perceptions.
Native-Speakerism in Japan
Channel View Publications Ltd
The relative status of native and non-native speaker language teachers within educational institutions has long been an issue worldwide but until recently, the voices of teachers articulating their own concerns have been rare. This innovative volume explores language-based forms of prejudice against native- speaker teachers.
Community and Communication
The Role of Language in Nation State Building and European Integration
Sue Wright
288pages
11 heures de lecture
Exploring the role of language within the European Union, this book addresses the critical need for effective communication to foster democratic structures and legitimacy. It highlights how a cohesive linguistic community can enhance the EU's policies on free movement, emphasizing that overcoming communication barriers is the most significant challenge for Europe in the contemporary landscape.
Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language
An Australian Perspective
Guanglun Michael Mu
200pages
7 heures de lecture
5,0(1)Évaluer
Focusing on heritage language learning, the book delves into how Chinese Australians acquire the Chinese language. Utilizing a mixed methods approach grounded in Bourdieu's sociological theory, it provides insights that are valuable for sociologists of language and education, as well as for Chinese heritage language learners, teachers, and policymakers in language and cultural contexts.
Challenging the Monolingual Mindset
Collectif d'auteurs
This book challenges the monolingual mindset by highlighting how language- related issues surround us in many different ways, and explores the tensions that can develop in managing and understanding multilingualism. It features analysis and discussion on the use of languages across a range of contexts, including policy and education
Can Threatened Languages be Saved?
Joshua A. Fishman
4,3(12)Évaluer
Defenders of threatened languages all over the world, from advocates of biodiversity to dedicated defenders of their own cultural authenticity, are often humbled by the dimensity of the task that they are faced with when the weak and the few seek to find a safe-harbour against the ravages of the strong and the many. This book provides both practical case studies and theoretical directions from all five continents and advances thereby the collective pursuit of "reversing language shift" for the greater benefit of cultural democracy everywhere.
Globally Speaking
Collectif d'auteurs
This volume accounts for the motives for contemporary lexical borrowing from English, using a comparative approach and a broad cross-cultural perspective. It investigates the processes involved in the penetration of English vocabulary into new environments and the extent of their integration into twelve languages representing several language families, including Icelandic, Dutch, French, Russian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Amharic, Persian, Japanese, Taiwan Chinese, and several languages spoken in southern India. Some of these languages are studied here in the context of borrowing for the first time ever. All in all, this volume suggests that the English lexical 'invasion', as it is often referred to, is a natural and inevitable process. It is driven by psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, and socio-historical factors, of which the primary determinants of variability are associated with ethnic and linguistic diversity.
The Defence of French
A Language in Crisis?
Robin Adamson
224pages
8 heures de lecture
The book explores the history and evolution of language defense in France, highlighting the complex and often contradictory sentiments that the French have towards their language. It evaluates the importance and effectiveness of various initiatives aimed at protecting French, while also contemplating the potential future of the language in a changing world.
Language Prescription
Collectif d'auteurs
320pages
12 heures de lecture
4,5(2)Évaluer
This book is a detailed examination of social connections to language evaluation with a specific focus on the values associated with both prescriptivism and descriptivism. The chapters, written by authors from many different linguistic and national backgrounds, use a variety of approaches and methods to discuss values in linguistic prescriptivism.