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Multilingualism in European Language Education
This book explores how different European education systems manage multilingualism. Each chapter focuses on one of ten diverse settings (Andorra, Asturias, the Basque Country, Catalonia, England, Finland, France, Latvia, the Netherlands and Romania) and considers how its education system is influenced by historical, sociolinguistic and legislative and political processes and how languages are handled within the system, stressing the challenges and opportunities in each area of study. The chapters provide the reader with insights around three key aspects: the management of the guarantee of the rights of regional language minorities; the incorporation of the language background inherited by immigrants living in Europe (whether they are European citizens or not) and the need to promote the learning of international languages. Individually, the chapters offer deep insights into a specific education system and, together, the studies allow for a comparison and holistic understanding of multilingualism in European education.
Language Attitudes in a Multilingual and Multicultural Context
Considerant, d'una banda, la comprovada importància que adopten les actituds lingüístiques en l'adquisició de les llengües i, de l'altra, que esdevenen potenciadores de la integració social en contextos plurilingües, com és el cas de Catalunya, s'han analitzat les actituds vers el català, castellà i anglès d'un total de 1173 estudiants migrats i autòctons que cursen Educació Secundària Obligatòria a Catalunya. Paral·lelament, s'ha realitzat una anàlisi longitudinal amb 72 escolars migrats. En general, els efectes de les variables examinades varien entre llengües, essent els factors més influents l'origen, les auto-identificacions i els usos lingüístics. D'altra banda, l'alumnat migrat millora lleugerament les seves actituds vers el català en dos anys, mentre que vers l'espanyol i l'anglès es mantenen estables. Aquests resultats ressalten la importància de tenir en compte les particularitats de cada col·lectiu en l'aplicació de mesures socials i educatives.
Handbook of Pragmatics
The Manual section of the Handbook of Pragmatics, produced under the auspices of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), is a collection of articles describing traditions, methods, and notational systems relevant to the field of linguistic pragmatics; the main body of the Handbook contains all topical articles. The first edition of the Manual was published in 1995. This second edition includes a large number of new traditions and methods articles from the 24 annual installments of the Handbook that have been published so far. It also includes revised versions of some of the entries in the first edition. In addition, a cumulative index provides cross-references to related topical ent...
Actitudes lingüísticas, escuela e inmigración. Los escolares ante la diversidad lingüística y cultural
En los países de Europa Occidental se están produciendo profundas transformaciones fruto de la llegada de población inmigrante. Con el objetivo de realizar un análisis profundo y riguroso de las actitudes lingüísticas de los jóvenes escolarizados en Cataluña, se integran la perspectiva cuantitativa y cualitativa con una doble finalidad: por un lado obtener indicadores que permitan determinar estadísticamente la situación actitudinal respecto al catalán y el castellano de los jóvenes escolarizados, así como las variables que se pueden mostrar significativas en su génesis y configuración y , a su vez, ser capaces de llegar a conocer cómo son construidas subjetivamente esas actitudes. La obra se estructura en dos partes. En la primera se expone el marco contextual y teórico de la investigación y en la segunda se presenta el trabajo empírico desarrollado.
Multilingualism in the Baltic States
This edited collection provides an overview of linguistic diversity, societal discourses and interaction between majorities and minorities in the Baltic States. It presents a wide range of methods and research paradigms including folk linguistics, discourse analysis, narrative analyses, code alternation, ethnographic observations, language learning motivation, languages in education and language acquisition. Grouped thematically, its chapters examine regional varieties and minority languages (Latgalian, Võro, urban dialects in Lithuania, Polish in Lithuania); the integration of the Russian language and its speakers; and the role of international languages like English in Baltic societies. T...
Cognitive Sociolinguistics Revisited
Cognitive Sociolinguistics draws on the rich theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and focuses on the social factors that underlie the variability of meaning and conceptualization. In the last decade, the field has expanded in various way. The current volume takes stock of current and emerging advances in the field in short academic contributions. The studies collected in this book have a usage-based approach to language variation and change, drawing on the theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and are sensitive to social variation, be it cross-linguistic or language-internal. Three types of contributions are collected in this book. First, it contains theoretical overview papers on the domains that have witnessed expansion in recent years. Second, it presents novel research ideas in proof-of-concept contributions, aimed at blue-sky research and out-of-the-box linguistic analyses. Third, it showcases recent empirical studies within the field. By combining these three types of contributions, the book provides an encompassing overview of novel developments in the field of Cognitive Sociolinguistics.
Multilingualism and third language acquisition
The purpose of this book is to present recent studies in the field of multilingualism and L3, bringing together contributions from an international group of specialists from Austria, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and United States. The main focuses of the articles are three: language acquisition, language learning and teaching. A collection of theoretical and empirical articles from scholars of multilingualism and language acquisition makes the book a significant resource as the papers present a wide perspective from main theories to current issues, reflecting new trends in the field. The authors focus on the heterogeneity and complexity that characterize third langu...
Catalan Sociolinguistics
L’objectiu de l’obra Catalan Sociolinguistics. State of the Art and Future Challenges és donar compte, de manera sumària, dels grans vèrtexs en què s’ha manifestat l’estudi de la relació entre llengua i societat en la comunitat lingüística catalana, la recepció que s’ha fet dels plantejaments internacionals i l’adaptació domèstica. Cada tradició sociolingüística ha interpretat la interacció esmentada amb plantejaments específics. La catalana, per exemple, ha apostat per una visió integradora de tot un seguit de treballs que arriben des d’àmbits temàtics diversos (economia, dret, ciència política, comunicació, ecologia, variació lingüística, antropologia,...
