| Language, 11: Competence-Change-Contact Contributor(s): Koskensalo, Annikki (Editor), Smeds, John (Editor), Cillia, Rudolf de (Editor) |
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ISBN: 364310801X ISBN-13: 9783643108012 Publisher: Lit Verlag OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 306.44 |
| LCCN: 2013498804 |
| Series: Poetry - Truth - Language / Dichtung - Wahrheit - Sprache |
| Physical Information: 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As speakers of different languages interact, language contact will occur. Language contact will necessarily lead to language change for both parties involved in such contact. As languages change, the issue of competence becomes problematic. Who has the right to say what language will be taught in schools, or what kind of language will be published in the press and spoken in the media in a world where languages constantly change? The articles in this collection refer to several language areas in Europe, from the North (Scandinavia), the South (Spain / Balkan), the East (Ukraine / Russia), as well as the Center (Austria / Germany) and includes one contribution on Canada. They present different cases of language competence and assessment, languages in contact in different settings, and language changes which are related to applied linguistics, both from a sociolinguistic and an educational linguistic point of view. (Series: Poetry - Truth - Language / Dichtung - Wahrheit - Sprache - Vol. 11) |