Monolingualism and Bilingualism
Subtitle: Lessons from Canada and Spain (Also Pub As Vol 2, No 1 of Current Issues in Language and Society)
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Published: April 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9781853593543
Subjects: Bilingualism & multilingualism; Sociolinguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Bilingualism; Education / Teaching; Language; Canada; Spain; Linguistics; Bilingual Education; Ethnicity; Multiculturalism
Description: There is an urgent need at the heart of linguistic theorising to take account of bi- and multilingual perspectives. In the field of language planning, issues of bilingualism are often perceived through monolingual filters and resolved by monolingual responses. In this volume issues of monolingualism, multilingualism and identity are addressed directly in detailed studies of Canada and Spain.

John Edwards and Charlotte Hoffmann are both well-known authorities on bilingualism and problems associated with language in multilingual societies. In this book they provide state of the art articles on Spain and Canada. Their insights are useful in a period of evolution in both these countries. After each of the articles, which were presented in a seminar series, there is a transcript of the debate which followed. The invited audiences are all scholars working on the area or in allied fields.