Handbook of multilingualism and multilingual communication / edited by Peter Auer and Li Wei.

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Frontmatter; Contents; Introduction: Multilingualism as a problem? Monolingualism as a problem?; 1. Early bilingual and multilingual acquisition; 2. Multilingualism and the family; 3. Growing up in a multilingual community: Insights from language socialization; 4. Becoming bi- or multi-lingual later in life; 5. Becoming bilingual through bilingual education; 6. Bilingual children in monolingual schools; 7. From minority programmes to multilingual education; 8. From biliteracy to pluriliteracies; 9. Multilingualism and Specific Language Impairment (SLI); 10. Measuring bilingualism.

11. Code-switching as a conversational strategy12. Mixed codes; 13. Multilingual forms of talk and identity work; 14. Crossing -- negotiating social boundaries; 15. Bilingual professionals; 16. Multilingualism in the workplace; 17. Multilingualism and commerce; 18. Societal multilingualism: reality, recognition and response; 19. Multilingualism of autochthonous minorities; 20. Multilingualism of new minorities (in migratory contexts); 21. Multilingualism in ex-colonial countries; 22. Multilingualism and transnationalism; Backmatter.

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.

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