Multilingual urban Scandinavia : new linguistic practices /

This book presents, for the first time, an overarching, trans-Scandinavian, comprehensive and comparable account of linguistic developments and practices in late modern urban contact zones. The book aims to capture the multilingual realities of all young people in urban contexts, whether they are of...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Quist, Pia, Svendsen, Bente A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, 2010
Series:Multilingual matters (Series)
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:This book presents, for the first time, an overarching, trans-Scandinavian, comprehensive and comparable account of linguistic developments and practices in late modern urban contact zones. The book aims to capture the multilingual realities of all young people in urban contexts, whether they are of migrant descent or not. Taking a multi-layered approach to linguistic practices, chapters in the book include structural and phonological analyses of new linguistic practices, examine how these practices and their practitioners are perceived, and discuss the sociolinguistic potentials of speakers w.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 252 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781847693143
1847693148
9781847694881
1847694888
184769313X
9781847693136
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.