Bilingualism: a social approach
Éditeur :
Palgrave USA
ISBN :
9781403996787
Date de publication :
29 avr. 2007
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Arguing against a common sense view of bilingualism as the co-existence of two linguistic systems, this volume develops a critical perspective which approaches bilingualism as a wide variety of sets of sociolinguistic practices connected to the construction of social difference and of social inequality under specific historical conditions.