Date: 29-Nov-2005 From: Palgrave Macmillan <palgravemacmillanpalgrave.com> Subject: Multilingual Identities in a Global City: Block
Title: Multilingual Identities in a Global City
Series Title: Language and Globalisation
Published: 2005
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Author: David Block, Institute of Education, University of London
Hardback: ISBN: 1403939640 Pages: 248 Price: U.K. £ 45.00
Abstract:
Opening with a discussion of the key issues of globalization, migration, multiculturalism, multilingualism and global cities, David Block then turns to four detailed case studies: East Asian students living and working in London; foreign language teachers from France; London's growing Latino community; and second generation South Asian university students. Via these case studies the book explores the ambivalent and multi-layered identities of individuals who have crossed geographical and psychological borders during the course of their lifetimes and settled in London, the quintessential global city.
Linguistic Field(s):
Anthropological Linguistics
Sociolinguistics