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Metrolingualism: Language in the City
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(Buch) |
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i.d.R. innert 14-24 Tagen versandfertig |
Veröffentlichung: |
März 2015
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Genre: |
Sprache |
ISBN: |
9780415831659 |
EAN-Code:
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9780415831659 |
Verlag: |
CRC Press |
Einband: |
Kartoniert |
Sprache: |
English
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Dimensionen: |
H 233 mm / B 156 mm / D 17 mm |
Gewicht: |
345 gr |
Seiten: |
206 |
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Inhalt: |
In their new book, Pennycook and Otsuji introduce thenotion of 'metrolingualism':the use of languagein urban contexts by people of differing linguistic backgrounds. Due to increasing urban diversity, the use of language within cities is changing. The authors explorelanguage and linguisticswithin a number of contemporary situations, including markets, the kitchen and construction sites.Using different global cities as examples, the book engages with current debates about multilingualism and develops a new way of thinking about language.This textwill be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers of sociolinguistics and applied linguistics. |
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