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008			170106s2017 enka b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780198724995 (pbk)
020			_a0198724993 (pbk)
035			_a(OCoLC)967844754
040			_aERASA _beng _cJCRC
100	1		_aMaher, John C. _d1951-
245	1	0	_aMultilingualism : _ba Very Short Introduction / _cJohn C. Maher.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c2017.
300			_axix, 148 p. : _bill. ; _c18 cm.
440			_aVery Short Introductions
500			_aVol. 525 in the Very Short Introductions series.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a"The languages of the world can be seen and heard in cities and towns, forests and isolated settlements, as well as on the internet and in international organizations like the UN or the EU. How did the world acquire so many languages? Why can't we all speak one language, like English or Esperanto? And what makes a person bilingual? Multilingualism, language diversity in society, is a perfect expression of human plurality. About 6,500-7,000 languages are spoken, written and signed, throughout the linguistic landscape of the world, by people who communicate in more than one language (at work, or in the family or community). Many origin myths, like Babel, called it a 'punishment' but multilingualism makes us who we are and plays a large part of our sense of belonging. Languages are instruments for interacting with the cultural environment and their ecology is complex. They can die (Tasmanian), or decline then revive (Manx and Hawaiian), reconstitute from older forms (modern Hebrew), gain new status (Catalan and Maori) or become autonomous national languages (Croatian). Languages can even play a supportive and symbolic role as some territories pursue autonomy or nationhood, such as in the cases of Catalonia and Scotland. In this Very Short Introduction John C. Maher shows how multilingualism offers cultural diversity, complex identities, and alternative ways of doing and knowing to hybrid identities." (Publisher's Website)
505			_aCONTENTS:
505			_aAcknowledgements
505			_aList of illustrations
505			_a1. A multilingual world
505			_a2. The causes of multilingualism
505			_a3. Multilingualism, myth, and controversies
505			_a4. People, language, and dangerous things
505			_a5. Individual multilingualism: one mind, many languages
505			_a6. Politics, language, and the state
505			_a7. Identity and culture
505			_a8. Lingua franca, hybrids, and constructed languages
505			_a9. Endangered languages
505			_aReferences
505			_aFurther reading
505			_aPublisher's acknowledgements
505			_aIndex
650		0	_aMultilingualism.
650		0	_aBilingualism.
650		0	_aSociolinguistics.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xPolitical aspects.
658			_aSpecial Topics in Bilingualism Studies _cBIL 5120
856			_uhttp://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780198724995.html _zPublisher's Website.
856			_uhttps://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UO/gege1p/alma991044017329705161 _zCheck the UO Library catalog.
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