Bilingualism: A Social Approach

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.

Publication Year: 2007
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: P
Weight (Gram): 488