Multilingual Practices in Language History

Multilingual Practices in Language History
Author: Päivi Pahta
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2017-12-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1501504940

Texts of the past were often not monolingual but were produced by and for people with bi- or multilingual repertoires; the communicative practices witnessed in them therefore reflect ongoing and earlier language contact situations. However, textbooks and earlier research tend to display a monolingual bias. This collected volume on multilingual practices in historical materials, including code-switching, highlights the importance of a multilingual approach. The authors explore multilingualism in hitherto neglected genres, periods and areas, introduce new methods of locating and analysing multiple languages in various sources, and review terminology, theories and tools. The studies also revisit some of the issues already introduced in previous research, such as Latin interacting with European vernaculars and the complex relationship between code-switching and lexical borrowing. Collectively, the contributors show that multilingual practices share many of the same features regardless of time and place, and that one way or the other, all historical texts are multilingual. This book takes the next step in historical multilingualism studies by establishing the relevance of the multilingual approach to understanding language history.

Beyond the Mother Tongue

Beyond the Mother Tongue
Author: Yasemin Yildiz
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2012
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0823241300

Monolingualism-the idea that having just one language is the norm is only a recent invention, dating to late-eighteenth-century Europe. Yet it has become a dominant, if overlooked, structuring principle of modernity. According to this monolingual paradigm, individuals are imagined to be able to think and feel properly only in one language, while multiple languages are seen as a threat to the cohesion of individuals and communities, institutions and disciplines. As a result of this view, writing in anything but one's "mother tongue" has come to be seen as an aberration.

Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History

Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History
Author: Matthias Hüning
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2012
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027200556

Explores the roots of Europe's struggle with multilingualism. This book argues that, over the centuries, the pursuit of linguistic homogeneity has become a central aspect of the mindset of Europeans. It offers an overview of the emergence of a standard language ideology and its relationship with ethnicity, territorial unity and social mobility

Language in Immigrant America

Language in Immigrant America
Author: Dominika Baran
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2017-10-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1107058392

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Whose America?; 2. The alien specter then and now; 3. Hyphenated identity; 4. Foreign accents and immigrant Englishes; 5. Multilingual practices; 6. Immigrant children and language; 7. American becomings

Handbook of Multilingualism and Multilingual Communication

Handbook of Multilingualism and Multilingual Communication
Author: Peter Auer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 606
Release: 2008-09-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 311019855X

This volume is an up-to-date, concise introduction to bilingualism and multilingualism in schools, in the workplace, and in international institutions in a globalized world. The authors use a problem-solving approach and ask broad questions about bilingualism and multilingualism in society, including the question of language acquisition versus maintenance of bilingualism. Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of multilingualism and multilingual communication presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field, offers solutions of everyday language-related problems international handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field

Social Justice through Multilingual Education

Social Justice through Multilingual Education
Author: Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2009-08-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1847696856

The principles for enabling children to become fully proficient multilinguals through schooling are well known. Even so, most indigenous/tribal, minority and marginalised children are not provided with appropriate mother-tongue-based multilingual education (MLE) that would enable them to succeed in school and society. In this book experts from around the world ask why this is, and show how it can be done. The book discusses general principles and challenges in depth and presents case studies from Canada and the USA, northern Europe, Peru, Africa, India, Nepal and elsewhere in Asia. Analysis by leading scholars in the field shows the importance of building on local experience. Sharing local solutions globally can lead to better theory, and to action for more social justice and equality through education.

The Invention of Monolingualism

The Invention of Monolingualism
Author: David Gramling
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1501318047

The first book in the humanities and social sciences to offer an extensive conceptual definition of monolingualism, based on literary, applied-linguistic, technological, and translational examples.

Challenging the Myth of Monolingual Corpora

Challenging the Myth of Monolingual Corpora
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2018-01-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004276696

Challenging the Myth of Monolingual Corpora brings new insights into the monolingual ideal that has permeated most branches of linguistics, also corpus linguistics, for a long time. The volume brings together scholars in the many fields of English corpus linguistics from World Englishes, learner corpora and English as a Lingua Franca to the history of English. The approaches include perspectives of corpus compilation, annotation and use.

The Multilingual Turn in Languages Education

The Multilingual Turn in Languages Education
Author: Jean Conteh
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2014-09-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1783092254

Starting from the key idea that learners and teachers bring diverse linguistic knowledge and resources to education, this book establishes and explores the concept of the ‘multilingual turn’ in languages education and the potential benefits for individuals and societies. It takes account of recent research, policy and practice in the fields of bilingual and multilingual education as well as foreign and second language education. The chapters integrate theory and practice, bringing together researchers and practitioners from five continents to illustrate the effects of the multilingual turn in society and evaluate the opportunities and challenges of implementing multilingual curricula and activities in a variety of classrooms. Based on the examples featured, the editors invite students, teachers, teacher educators and researchers to reflect on their own work and to evaluate the relevance and applicability of the multilingual turn in their own contexts.

Multilingual Approaches for Teaching and Learning

Multilingual Approaches for Teaching and Learning
Author: Claudine Kirsch
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2020-03-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 042959495X

Multilingual Approaches for Teaching and Learning outlines the opportunities and challenges of multilingual approaches in mainstream education in Europe. The book, which draws on research findings from several officially monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual countries in Europe, discusses approaches to multilingual education which capitalise on students’ multilingual resources from early childhood to higher education. This book synthesises research on multilingual education, relates theory to practice, and discusses different pedagogical approaches from diverse perspectives. The first section of the book outlines multilingual approaches in early childhood education and primary school, the second looks at multilingual approaches in secondary school and higher education, and the third examines the influence of parents, policy-makers, and professional development on the implementation and sustainability of multilingual approaches. The book demonstrates that educators can leverage students’ multilingualism to promote learning and help students achieve their full potential. This book will be of great interest to academics, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of language education, psychology, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics.