Opening with a discussion of the key issues of globalization, migration, multiculturalism, multilingualism and global cities, David Block then turns to four detailed case studies: East Asian students living and working in London; foreign language teachers from France; London's growing Latino community; and second generation South Asian university students. Via these case studies the book explores the ambivalent and multi-layered identities of individuals who have crossed geographical and psychological borders during the course of their lifetimes and settled in London, the quintessential global city.
| ISBN: | 9781403939647 |
| Publication date: | 22nd November 2005 |
| Author: | David Block |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 235 pages |
| Series: | Language and Globalization |
| Genres: |
Linguistics Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Urban communities Sociology Sociolinguistics Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics |