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Multilingual Identities in a Global City : London Stories /

Opening with a discussion of the key issues of globalization, migration, multiculturalism, multilingualism and global cities, David Block then turns to four detailed case studies: East Asian students living and working in London; foreign language teachers from France; London's growing Latino co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Block, David (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Series:Language and globalization.
Subjects:
Linguistics.
Applied Linguistics.
Ethnicity Studies.
Language and Literature.
Sociolinguistics.
Sociology, general.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Applied linguistics.
Ethnicity.
Philology.
Sociology, Urban.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Opening with a discussion of the key issues of globalization, migration, multiculturalism, multilingualism and global cities, David Block then turns to four detailed case studies: East Asian students living and working in London; foreign language teachers from France; London's growing Latino community; and second generation South Asian university students. Via these case studies the book explores the ambivalent and multi-layered identities of individuals who have crossed geographical and psychological borders during the course of their lifetimes and settled in London, the quintessential global city.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XII, 235 pages)
ISBN:9780230501393
DOI:10.1057/9780230501393