Full Description
This book explores both theoretical and practical issues of language use in a migration context, using data from a German urban immigrant community in Canada. Through this transcontinental perspective, the book makes a new contribution to the literature on both language and identity and language and globalization.
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