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Diversity and Super-Diversity: Sociocultural Linguistic Perspectives
Anna De Fina
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Paperback. Sociocultural linguistics has long conceived of languages as well-bounded,separate codes. But the increasing diversity of languages encountered by most people in their daily lives challenges this conception. This volume takes stock of the increasing diversity of linguistic phenomena and more. Editor(s): De Fina, Anna; Ikizoglu, Didem; Wegner, Jeremy. Series: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages & Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 figures, 9 tables, 44 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Sociocultural linguistics has long conceived of languages as well-bounded, separate codes. But the increasing diversity of languages encountered by most people in their daily lives challenges this conception. Because globalization has accelerated population flows, cities are now sites of encounter for groups that are highly diverse in terms of origins, cultural practices, and languages. Further, new media technologies invent communicative genres, foster hybrid semiotic practices, and spread diversity as they intensify contact and exchange between peoples who often are spatially removed and culturally different from each other. Diversity-even super-diversity-is now the norm. In response, recent scholarship complicates traditional associations ... Read more
Sociocultural linguistics has long conceived of languages as well-bounded, separate codes. But the increasing diversity of languages encountered by most people in their daily lives challenges this conception. Because globalization has accelerated population flows, cities are now sites of encounter for groups that are highly diverse in terms of origins, cultural practices, and languages. Further, new media technologies invent communicative genres, foster hybrid semiotic practices, and spread diversity as they intensify contact and exchange between peoples who often are spatially removed and culturally different from each other. Diversity-even super-diversity-is now the norm. In response, recent scholarship complicates traditional associations ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages & Linguistics Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781626164222
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V9781626164222
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About Anna De Fina
Anna De Fina is Professor of Italian Language and Linguistics at Georgetown University. Her most recent publication is Analyzing Narrative: Discourse and Sociolinguistic Perspectives (with Alexandra Georgakopoulou). Didem Ikizoglu is a graduate student in linguistics at Georgetown University. Jeremy Wegner is a graduate student in linguistics at Georgetown University.
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