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.
| ISBN: | 9781403996770 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2007 |
| Author: | Monica Heller |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 361 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Advances |
| Genres: |
Bilingualism and multilingualism Social theory Sociology Sociolinguistics Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics |