Language, space, and identity in migration /

This book explores both theoretical and practical issues of language use in a migration context, using a mixed-method approach. The unique interview data on which the analysis is based (and therefore the lens through which these issues are viewed) stem from the German urban immigrant community in Ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liebscher, Grit, 1968-
Other Authors: Dailey-O'Cain, Jennifer
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:Language and globalization.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments List of Tables List of Figures 1. Introduction 2. Theorizing Language, Space, and Identity 3. Perceptions of the Linguascape 4. Multiple Languages as Resources 5. Forms of Address 6. Non-Languages Resources 7. The Role of Historicity 8. Language, Space, and Identity in Migration: From the Local to the Global.