Multilingualism in Public Spaces

Name: Multilingualism in Public Spaces
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SKU: 9781350186637
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Empowering and Transforming Communities

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Multilingualism in Public Spaces explores the power of multilingualism to foster identity, diversity, and social cohesion. Drawing on sociolinguistic research from across Europe, the book examines how living in multiple languages empowers individuals and communities. It considers public space in a broad sense, including education, online environments, and linguistic landscapes, investigating topics such as linguistic rights, migration, memorialisation, and educational play.
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Multilingualism in Public Spaces

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Ideal for researchers, academics, and students in sociolinguistics, education, and language policy, as well as professionals interested in multilingualism's role in social cohesion and empowerment.

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Advocates of multilingualism are always seeking new ways to articulate the advantages inherent in living out life in more than one language. Multilingualism in Public Spaces brings together researchers from across Europe to explore sociolinguistic perspectives on multilingualism, with specific emphasis on identity, diversity, and social cohesion, as they focus explicitly on the potential of this phenomenon to empower individuals, groups, and communities.

Positioned around the idea of empowerment, this book explores the potential of multilingualism to overcome divisions and build social cohesion. In particular, chapters discuss how multilingualism can help the individual to become critically conscious and to develop an in-depth understanding of the world, while also benefiting society as a whole.

Understanding ‘public space’ in broad terms, including domains such as education, online, and the linguistic landscape, this volume explores how multilingualism can empower people from a range of perspectives, including memorialisation, onomastics, direct action, linguistic rights, migration, and educational play.

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This inspiring volume offers profound insights into the complex interactions between power, multilingualism, and public spaces. Praised for its rich case studies and critical perspectives, the book is highlighted as essential reading by scholars for its demonstration of multilingualism as a driver of social transformation and belonging.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350186637

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 10 bw illus

Contributors:

Edited by Dr Robert Blackwood
Edited by Dr Deirdre A. Dunlevy

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 268

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Robert Blackwood is Professor of French Sociolinguistics at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Deirdre A. Dunlevy is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Limerick, Ireland.