Language, Migration and Social Inequalities

A Critical Sociolinguistic Perspective on Institutions and Work
Herausgeber: Duchêne, Alexandre; Roberts, Celia; Moyer, Melissa

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection provides an account of the ways language addresses core questions concerning power and the place of migrants in various institutional and workplace settings. It brings together contributions from a range of geographical settings to understand better how linguistic inequality is (re)produced in this new economic order.

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Produktdetails

• Language, Mobility and Institutions Nr.2
• Verlag: Multilingual Matters
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781783090990
• ISBN-10: 1783090995
• Artikelnr.: 39063664

Autorenporträt

Alexandre Duchêne is Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Fribourg and Director of the Institute of Multilingualism of the University and HEP Fribourg (Switzerland). Recent publications include Ideologies across Nations (2008), Discourses of Endangerment (with Monica Heller, 2007) and Language in Late Capitalism: Pride and Profit (with Monica Heller, 2011). Melissa Moyer is Professor of English Linguistics at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, where she leads the C.I.E.N. Research Team. Her current research is concerned with multilingualism and mobility in connection to linguistic practices and the construction of identity. She was editor of The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism (2008, with Li Wei). Celia Roberts is Professor of Applied Linguistics at King's College London, UK in the Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication. Her publications include Talk, Work and Institutional Order (1999, with Srikant Sarangi). Her main interest is in the practical relevance and application of sociolinguistics to real world problems.