NEW: Handbooks of Applied Linguistics/Mouton de Gruyter

[John Rooney]

It puzzles me to see the word 'handbook' used for books with many pages, sometimes a series of books. Doesn't anybody remember what 'handbook' means?

>>> Julia.Ulrich at DEGRUYTER.COM 05/14/07 6:42 AM >>>
New handbook series from Mouton de Gruyter

 

 

HANDBOOK OF MULTILINGUALISM AND MULTILINGUAL COMMUNICATION

Edited by Peter Auer and Li Wei

 

2007. xx, 586 pages. Cloth. 

Series Price: Euro 148.00 / sFr 237.00 /  for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 195.00

List Price: Euro 198.00 / sFr 317.00 / for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 257.00

ISBN 978-3-11-018216-3

(Handbooks of Applied Linguistics [HAL] 5)

http://www.degruyter.com/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-9783110182163-1&l=E

 

 

This volume is an up-to-date, concise introduction to bilingualism and multilingualism in schools, in the workplace, and in international institutions in a globalized world. The authors use a problem-solving approach and ask broad questions about bilingualism and multilingualism in society, including the question of language acquisition versus maintenance of bilingualism. 

 

Key Features: 

* provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of multilingualism and multi-lingual communication 

* presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field

* offers solutions to everyday language-related problems 

* international handbook with contributions from renowned experts in the field

 

MORE INFORMATION ON THE SERIES

http://www.degruyter.de/rs/ser_e.cfm?rc=19364

 

FROM THE CONTENTS:

 

Introduction to the handbook series, Karlfried Knapp and Gerd Antos 

Introduction: Multilingualism as a problem? Monolingualism as a problem? Peter Auer/Li Wei 

I. BECOMING BILINGUAL

Early bilingual and multilingual acquisition, Johanne Paradis * Multilingualism and the family, Elizabeth Lanza * Growing up in a multilingual community: Insights from language socialization, Patricia Baquedano-López and Shlomy Kattan * Becoming bi- or multi-lingual later in life, Jean-Marc Dewaele * Becoming bilingual through bilingual education, Colin Baker

II. STAYING BILINGUAL

Bilingual children in monolingual schools, J. Normann Jørgensen and Pia Quist * From minority programmes to multilingual education, Guus Extra * From biliteracy to pluriliteracies, Ofelia García, Lesley Bartlett and Joanne Kleifgen * Multilingualism and Specific Language Impairment (SLI), Monika Rothweiler * Measuring bilingualism, Manfred Pienemann and Jörg-U. Keßler 

III. ACTING MULTILINGUAL

Code-switching as a conversational strategy, Joseph Gafaranga * Mixed codes, Pieter Muysken * Multilingual forms of talk and identity work, Benjamin Bailey * Crossing - negotiating social boundaries, Pia Quist and J. Normann Jørgensen * Bilingual professionals, Dennis Day and Johannes Wagner * Multilingualism in the workplace, Celia Roberts * Multilingualism and commerce, David C.S. Li

IV. LIVING IN A MULTILINGUAL SOCIETY

Societal multilingualism: reality, recognition and response, John Edwards * Multilingualism of autochthonous minorities, Penelope Gardner-Chloros * Multilingualism of new minorities (in migratory contexts), Peter Martin * Multilingualism in ex-colonial countries, Christopher Stroud * Multilingualism and transnationalism, Monica Heller

 

EDITORS:

Peter Auer, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany; 

Li Wei, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

 

OF INTEREST TO: Research libraries, everybody with an academic background who is interested in bilingualism (teachers, academics, social workers, politicians, specialists on minority languages and immigration, counsellors, advanced students of linguistics, psychology, sociology, and anthropology)

 

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