Linguanomics

Author : Gabrielle Hogan-Brun
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781474238328

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Linguanomics by Gabrielle Hogan-Brun Pdf

Globalization, the Internet and an era of mass travel have combined to produce a world with a language mix on a huge scale. Linguanomics explains this multilingualism in a material, economic and cultural sense. What is the effect of this multilingualism on society, organizations and individuals? What are the economic benefits and drawbacks? Should we invest in language skills? Should there be interventionist policies, and if so, at what level? Should there be a global lingua mundi? The debate surrounding multilingualism is often clouded by emotion and misconception. With an analysis devoid of rhetoric, Gabrielle Hogan-Brun takes an objective look at this charged area. The result is Linguanomics: a major step towards a clearer understanding of the market potential of multilingualism, its benefits, costs and points of contention. Asking significant questions of profound concern to the future of global collaboration, Linguanomics is an essential guide to students, teachers, policy makers and politicians and anyone who cares about the role of language in the modern world.

Author : Michael Kelly
Publisher : Springer
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319651699

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Languages after Brexit by Michael Kelly Pdf

This book represents a significant intervention into the debates surrounding Brexit and language policy. It analyses the language capabilities and resources of the United Kingdom in a new, post-referendum climate, in which public hostility towards foreign languages is matched by the necessity of renegotiating and building relationships with the rest of Europe and beyond. The authors scrutinize the availability of key resources in diverse sectors of society including politics, economics, business, science and education, while simultaneously offering practical advice and guidance on how to thrive in the new international environment. This extremely timely edited collection brings together leading researchers from across the field of language policy, and is sure to appeal not only to students and scholars of this subject, but also to practitioners, policy makers and educators.

Author : David Gramling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108490306

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The Invention of Multilingualism by David Gramling Pdf

Explores what multilingualism means today, in a historical moment when it is under intense discursive and technological pressure.

Author : Betina Szkudlarek,Laurence Romani,Dan V. Caprar,Joyce S. Osland
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1005 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781529729603

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The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary Cross-Cultural Management by Betina Szkudlarek,Laurence Romani,Dan V. Caprar,Joyce S. Osland Pdf

This Handbook presents a comprehensive and contemporary compendium of the field of cross-cultural management (CCM). In recognition of current trends regarding migration, political ethnocentrisms and increasing nationalism, the chapters in this volume not only cover the traditional domains of CCM such as expatriation, global (virtual) teamwork and leadership, but also examine emerging topics such as bi/multi-culturalism, migration, religion and more, all considered from a global perspective. The result is a Handbook that acknowledges and builds on a variety of research traditions (from mainstream to critical), updates existing knowledge in relation to current challenges, and sets the direction for future research and developments, making this an invaluable resource for researchers in the field, and across related areas of international business, management, and intercultural relations. Part 1: Multiple Research Paradigms for the Study of Culture Part 2: Research Methods in Cross-Cultural Management Part 3: Cross-Cultural Management and Intersecting Fields of Study Part 4: Individuals and Teams in Cross-Cultural Management Part 5: Global mobility and Cross-Cultural Management Part 6: Developing Intercultural Competence

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:TZ12CG

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Compte rendu ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Steve Buckledee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350047983

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The Language of Brexit by Steve Buckledee Pdf

Investigating the 2016 EU Referendum in the UK, The Language of Brexit explores the ways in which 'Brexit' campaigners utilised language more persuasively than their 'Remain' counterparts. Drawing parallels with effective political discourse used worldwide, this book highlights the linguistic features of an increasingly popular style of political campaigning. Concentrating on the highly successful and emotive linguistic strategies employed by the Brexit campaigners against the comparatively lacklustre Remain camp, Buckledee makes a case for the contribution of language towards the narrow 52-48% Brexit victory. Using primary examples, what emerges is how urging people to have the courage to make a bid for freedom naturally invokes more grandiloquent language, powerful metaphors and rousing partisan tone than a campaign which, on balance, argues that it's best to simply stick with the status quo. Examining the huge amount of discourse generated before, during and since the June 2016 EU Referendum, The Language of Brexit looks into the role language played in the democratic process and the influence and impact it had on electors, leading to an unexpected result and uncertain future.

Author : Gabrielle Hogan-Brun,Bernadette O’Rourke
Publisher : Springer
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137540669

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The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities by Gabrielle Hogan-Brun,Bernadette O’Rourke Pdf

This Handbook is an in-depth appraisal of the field of minority languages and communities today. It presents a wide-ranging, coherent picture of the main topics, with key contributions from international specialists in sociolinguistics, policy studies, sociology, anthropology and law. Individual chapters are grouped together in themes, covering regional, non-territorial and migratory language settings across the world. It is the essential reference work for specialist researchers, scholars in ancillary disciplines, research and coursework students, public agencies and anyone interested in language diversity, multilingualism and migration.

Author : Leigh Oakes,Yael Peled
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107143166

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Normative Language Policy by Leigh Oakes,Yael Peled Pdf

This book proposes an integrated framework for investigating the ethics of language policy in liberal democracies in a global era.

Author : Jan Blommaert
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350055209

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Durkheim and the Internet by Jan Blommaert Pdf

Sociolinguistic evidence is an undervalued resource for social theory. In this book, Jan Blommaert uses contemporary sociolinguistic insights to develop a new sociological imagination, exploring how we construct and operate in online spaces, and what the implications of this are for offline social practice. Taking Émile Durkheim's concept of the 'social fact' (social behaviours that we all undertake under the influence of the society we live in) as the point of departure, he first demonstrates how the facts of language and social interaction can be used as conclusive refutations of individualistic theories of society such as 'Rational Choice'. Next, he engages with theorizing the post-Durkheimian social world in which we currently live. This new social world operates 'offline' as well as 'online' and is characterized by 'vernacular globalization', Arjun Appadurai's term to summarise the ways that larger processes of modernity are locally performed through new electronic media. Blommaert extrapolates from this rich concept to consider how our communication practices might offer a template for thinking about how we operate socially. Above all, he explores the relationship between sociolinguistics and social practice In Durkheim and the Internet, Blommaert proposes new theories of social norms, social action, identity, social groups, integration, social structure and power, all of them animated by a deep understanding of language and social interaction. In drawing on Durkheim and other classical sociologists including Simmel and Goffman, this book is relevant to students and researchers working in sociolinguistics as well as offering a wealth of new insights to scholars in the fields of digital and online communications, social media, sociology, and digital anthropology.

Author : Andy Kirkpatrick,Anthony J. Liddicoat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317354499

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The Routledge International Handbook of Language Education Policy in Asia by Andy Kirkpatrick,Anthony J. Liddicoat Pdf

This must-have handbook offers a comprehensive survey of the field. It reviews the language education policies of Asia, encompassing 30 countries sub-divided by regions, namely East, Southeast, South and Central Asia, and considers the extent to which these are being implemented and with what effect. The most recent iteration of language education policies of each of the countries is described and the impact and potential consequence of any change is critically considered. Each country chapter provides a historical overview of the languages in use and language education policies, examines the ideologies underpinning the language choices, and includes an account of the debates and controversies surrounding language and language education policies, before concluding with some predictions for the future.

Author : Maarja Siiner,Kadri Koreinik,Kara D. Brown
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319529936

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Language Policy Beyond the State by Maarja Siiner,Kadri Koreinik,Kara D. Brown Pdf

Language Policy beyond the State invites readers to (re-)consider the ways language policy is constituted, taken up, and researched if we look within and past the state. Contributors to this edited volume draw attention to language policy as always in the making, focusing on agency, on-the-ground practices, and ideologies. The chapters of the book reveal how simultaneous, and at times contradicting, language policies exist within a state and explore the complex roles played by families, businesses, educational institutions, and media in generating and appropriating these policies. By moving away from language policy analysis concerned primarily with how official state policies address well-defined language problems, some of the contributions of the volume highlight how the problems themselves can be ideological artifacts or are discursively constructed in language ideological debates that are provoked by changes in the geopolitical situation in the region. Using qualitative and descriptive research, the book uses Estonia as a setting to examine the ways historic and contemporary populations navigate language policies in both local and transnational spaces. As a whole, the collection speaks eloquently and powerfully to current efforts to understand and map the ways multiple institutions and individuals—not just the state—play an active role in forming and taking up language policies.

Author : Maarja Siiner,Francis M. Hult,Tanja Kupisch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319759630

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Language Policy and Language Acquisition Planning by Maarja Siiner,Francis M. Hult,Tanja Kupisch Pdf

In the sociopolitics of language, sometimes yesterday’s solution is tomorrow’s problem. This volume examines the evolving nature of language acquisition planning through a collection of papers that consider how decisions about language learning and teaching are mediated by a confluence of psychological, ideological, and historical forces. The first two parts of the volume feature empirical studies of formal and informal education across the lifespan and around the globe. Case studies map the agents, resources, and attitudes needed for creating moments and spaces for language learning that may, at times, collide with wider beliefs and policies that privilege some languages over others. The third part of the volume is devoted to conceptual contributions that take up theoretical issues related to epistemological and conceptual challenges for language acquisition planning. These contributions reflect on the full spectrum of social and cognitive factors that intersect with the planning of language teaching and learning including ethnic and racial power relations, historically situated political systems, language ideologies, community language socialization, relationships among stakeholders in communities and schools, interpersonal interaction, and intrapersonal development. In all, the volume demonstrates the multifaceted and socially situated nature of language acquisition planning.

Author : François Grin,Claudio Sfreddo,François Vaillancourt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136978289

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The Economics of the Multilingual Workplace by François Grin,Claudio Sfreddo,François Vaillancourt Pdf

This book proposes a path-breaking study of the economics of multilingualism at work, proposing a systematic approach to the identification and measurement of the ways in which language skills and economic performance are related. Using the instruments of economic investigation, but also explicitly relating the analysis to the approaches to multilingualism at work developed in the language sciences, this interdisciplinary book proposes a systematic, step-by-step exploration of the issue. Starting from a general identification of the linkages between multilingualism and processes of value creation, it reviews the contributions of linguistics and economics before developing a new economic model of production in which language is taken into account. Testing of the model using data from two countries provides quantitative estimations of the influence of multilingualism on economic processes, showing that foreign language skills can make a considerable contribution to a country’s GDP. These findings have significant implications for language policy and suggest strategies helping language planners to harness market forces for increased effectiveness. A technical appendix shows how the novel technical and statistical procedures developed in this study can be generalized, and applied wherever researchers or decision makers need to identify and measure the value of multilingualism.

Author : Michele Gazzola,Bengt-Arne Wickstrom
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262034708

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The Economics of Language Policy by Michele Gazzola,Bengt-Arne Wickstrom Pdf

Insights from the application of economic theories and research methods to the management of linguistic diversity in an era of globalization. In an era of globalization, issues of language diversity have economic and political implications. Transnational labor mobility, trade, social inclusion of migrants, democracy in multilingual countries, and companies' international competitiveness all have a linguistic dimension; yet economists in general do not include language as a variable in their research. This volume demonstrates that the application of rigorous economic theories and research methods to issues of language policy yields valuable insights. The contributors offer both theoretical and empirical analyses of such topics as the impact of language diversity on economic outcomes, the distributive effects of policy regarding official languages, the individual welfare consequences of bilingualism, and the link between language and national identity. Their research is based on data from countries including Canada, India, Kazakhstan, and Indonesia and from the regions of Central America, Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Theoretical models are explained intuitively for the nonspecialist. The relationships among linguistic variables, inequality, and the economy are approached from different perspectives, including economics, sociolinguistics, and political science. For this reason, the book offers a substantive contribution to interdisciplinary work on languages in society and language policy, proposing a common framework for a shared research area. Contributors Alisher Aldashev, Katalin Buzási, Ramon Caminal, Alexander M. Danzer, Maxime Leblanc Desgagné, Peter H. Egger, Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll, Michele Gazzola, Victor Ginsburgh, Gilles Grenier, François Grin, Zoe Kuehn, Andrea Lassmann, Stephen May, Serge Nadeau, Suzanne Romaine, Selma K. Sonntag, Stefan Sperlich, José-Ramón Uriarte, François Vaillancourt, Shlomo Weber, Bengt-Arne Wickström, Lauren Zentz

Author : Suresh Canagarajah
Publisher : Springer
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319412436

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Translingual Practices and Neoliberal Policies by Suresh Canagarajah Pdf

This book responds to recent criticisms that the research and theorization of multilingualism on the part of applied linguists are in collusion with neoliberal policies and economic interests. While acknowledging that neoliberal agencies can appropriate diverse languages and language practices, including resources and dispositions theorized by scholars of multilingualism, it argues that a distinction must be made between the different language ideologies informing communicative practices. Those of neoliberal agencies are motivated by distinct ideological orientations that diverge from the theorization of multilingual practices by critical applied linguists. In addressing this issue, the book draws on the author’s empirical research on skilled migration to demonstrate how sub-Saharan African professionals in English-dominant workplaces in the UK, USA, Australia, and South Africa resist the neoliberal communicative expectations and employ alternate practices informed by critical dispositions. These practices have the potential to transform neoliberal orientations on material development. The book labels the latter as informed by a postcolonial language ideology, to distinguish them from those of neoliberalism. While neoliberal agencies approach languages as being instrumental for profit-making purposes, the author’s informants focus on the synergy between languages to generate new meanings and norms, which are strategically negotiated in pursuit of ethical interests, inclusive interactions, and holistic ecological development. As such, the book clearly illustrates that the way critical scholars and multilinguals relate to language diversity is different from the way neoliberal policies and agencies use multilingualism for their own purposes.