Against the background of an increasingly multicultural British society, this book traces the evolution of British identity in the 20th century.Debates around British multi-culturalism and multi-ethnic identity are deconstructed through a linguistic lens, which explores the role played by the Englis
Language, Space, and Identity in Migration
β Scribed by Grit Liebscher, Jennifer Dailey-OβCain (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 297
- Series
- Language and Globalization
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Theorizing Language, Space, and Identity....Pages 14-34
Perceptions of the Linguascape....Pages 35-88
Multiple Languages as Resources....Pages 89-130
Forms of Address....Pages 131-175
Non-Language Resources....Pages 176-217
The Role of Historicity....Pages 218-254
Language, Space, and Identity in Migration: from the Local to the Global....Pages 255-269
Back Matter....Pages 270-288
β¦ Subjects
Migration; Sociolinguistics; Multilingualism; Language and Literature
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