At the
heart of this volume lies an exploration of what actually happens to languages
and their users when cultures come into contact. What actions do supra-national
institutions, nation states, communities and individuals take in response to
questions raised by the increasingly diverse forms of migration experienced in
a globalized world? The volume reveals the profound impact that decisions made at national and
international level can have on the lives of the individual migrant, language
student, or speech community. Equally, it evaluates the broader ramifications
of actions taken by migrant communities and individual language learners around
issues of language learning, language maintenance and intercultural contact.
Reflecting Jan Blommaert’s assertion that in a world shaped by globalization,
what is needed is ‘a theory of language in society... of changing language in a
changing society’, this volume argues that researchers must increasingly seek
diverse methodological approaches if they are to do justice to the diversity of
experience and response they encounter.At
the heart of this volume lies an exploration of what actually happens
to languages and their users when cultures come into contact. What
actions do supra-national institutions, nation states, communities and
individuals take in response to questions raised by the increasingly
diverse forms of migration experienced in a globalized world?
The
volume reveals the profound impact that decisions made at national and
international level can have on the lives of the individual migrant,
language student, or speech community. Equally, it evaluates the broader
ramifications of actions taken by migrant communities and individual
language learners around issues of language learning, language
maintenance and intercultural contact. - See more at:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/intercultural-contact-language-learning-and-migration-9781441189929/#sthash.Bw8z3flP.dpuf