Bilingualism: A Social Approach

by Monica Heller

Book Overview

Arguing against a common sense view of bilingualism as the co-existence of two linguistic systems, this volume develops a critical perspective which approaches bilingualism as a wide variety of sets of sociolinguistic practices connected to the construction of social difference and of social inequality under specific historical conditions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403996784
• ISBN13: 9781403996787
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"