The Invention of Monolingualism

by David Gramling

Book Overview

Winner of the 2018 Book Award awarded by the American Association for Applied Linguistics

The Invention of Monolingualism harnesses literary studies, applied linguisitics, translation studies, and cultural studies to offer a groundbreaking investigation of monolingualism. After briefly describing what "monolingual" means in scholarship and public discourse, and the pejorative effects this common use may have on non-elite and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501318047
• ISBN13: 9781501318047
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"