Language, Space and Identity in Migration [electronic resource] /
Liebscher, G.author.
Dailey-O'Cain, J.author.
This book explores both theoretical and practical issues of language use in a migration context, using data from a German urban immigrant community in Canada. Through this transcontinental perspective, the book makes a new contribution to the literature on both language and identity and language and globalization.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments List of Tables List of Figures 1. Introduction 2. Theorizing Language, Space, and Identity 3. Perceptions of the Linguascape 4. Multiple Languages as Resources 5. Forms of Address 6. Non-Languages Resources 7. The Role of Historicity 8. Language, Space, and Identity in Migration: From the Local to the Global.
This book explores both theoretical and practical issues of language use in a migration context, using data from a German urban immigrant community in Canada. Through this transcontinental perspective, the book makes a new contribution to the literature on both language and identity and language and globalization.
Emigration and immigration.
Sociolinguistics.
Multilingualism.
Philology.
Linguistics.
Migration.
Sociolinguistics.
Multilingualism.
Language and Literature.