Linguistic Minorities and Modernity: A Sociolinguistic Ethnography, Second Edition

by Monica Heller

Book Overview

The subject of this book is linguistic minorities, and how language is used by speakers of languages which are not the main language of communication. This is a core topic for sociolinguists, who examine how language is actually used within a given context. Globalization, migration, and the erosion of nationhood is creating far more linguistic minorities as society becomes increasingly pluralistic. One of the major sites of contact between languages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826486916
• ISBN13: 9780826486912
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"