The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Tej K Bhatia editor William C Ritchie editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:5th Sep '14
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- Hardback£156.95(9781444334906)
**Honored as a 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title**
Comprising state-of-the-art research, this substantially expanded and revised Handbook discusses the latest global and interdisciplinary issues across bilingualism and multilingualism.
- Includes the addition of ten new authors to the contributor team, and coverage of seven new topics ranging from global media to heritage language learning
- Provides extensively revised coverage of bilingual and multilingual communities, polyglot aphasia, creolization, indigenization, linguistic ecology and endangered languages, multilingualism, and forensic linguistics
- Brings together a global team of internationally-renowned researchers from different disciplines
- Covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from neuro- and psycho-linguistic research to studies of media and psychological counseling
- Assesses the latest issues in worldwide linguistics, including the phenomena and the conceptualization of 'hyperglobalization', and emphasizes geographical centers of global conflict and commerce
“The most profound and authoritative reference source in the field. Nowhere else can one find to the same degree such a comprehensive and thought provoking presentation of all the major concepts and approaches pertaining to the field. . . The volume is an absolute must-read for any student and researcher in the field of bi-/multilingualism and the adjacent spheres of language contact, language and globalization, second language acquisition, cross-cultural communication, world Englishes, and others.” (World Englishes, 10 February 2014)
ISBN: 9781118941270
Dimensions: 244mm x 170mm x 51mm
Weight: 1588g
976 pages
2nd edition