NEW: Handbooks of Applied Linguistics/Mouton de Gruyter

[Annette Becker]

See the exchange between Jacob Mey and Lawrence Horn in "Intercultural 
Pragmatics" on Horn & Ward's "The Handbook of Pragmatics" ...


Quoting John Rooney <rooneyj at COOLEY.EDU>:

> 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?
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>>>> Julia.Ulrich at DEGRUYTER.COM 05/14/07 6:42 AM >>>
> New handbook series from Mouton de Gruyter
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> HANDBOOK OF MULTILINGUALISM AND MULTILINGUAL COMMUNICATION
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> Edited by Peter Auer and Li Wei
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> 2007. xx, 586 pages. Cloth.
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> Series Price: Euro 148.00 / sFr 237.00 /  for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 195.00
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> List Price: Euro 198.00 / sFr 317.00 / for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 257.00
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> ISBN 978-3-11-018216-3
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> (Handbooks of Applied Linguistics [HAL] 5)
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> http://www.degruyter.com/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-9783110182163-1&l=E
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> 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.
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> Key Features:
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> * provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the 
> context of multilingualism and multi-lingual communication
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> * presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field
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> * offers solutions to everyday language-related problems
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> * international handbook with contributions from renowned experts in 
> the field
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> MORE INFORMATION ON THE SERIES
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> http://www.degruyter.de/rs/ser_e.cfm?rc=19364
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> FROM THE CONTENTS:
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> Introduction to the handbook series, Karlfried Knapp and Gerd Antos
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> Introduction: Multilingualism as a problem? Monolingualism as a 
> problem? Peter Auer/Li Wei
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> I. BECOMING BILINGUAL
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> 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
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> II. STAYING BILINGUAL
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> 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
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> III. ACTING MULTILINGUAL
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> 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
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> IV. LIVING IN A MULTILINGUAL SOCIETY
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> 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
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> EDITORS:
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> Peter Auer, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany;
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> Li Wei, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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