Spaces of multilingualism / edited by Robert Blackwood and Unn Ryneland.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I Rethinking the Context -- Chapter 1 Language Policy: Taking Stock in a Changing Context -- Chapter 2 Language, Pedagogy, and Active Participant Engagement: Gaze in the Multilingual Landscape -- Part II Interactions, Ideologies, and Identities -- Chapter 3 Contesting Stereotypes: Language, Body, and Belonging – Northern and Southern Perspectives -- Chapter 4 Narrative, Identities, and Experiences in Discourse Practices of Migrants -- Chapter 5 Securing Understanding in a Second Language: Communication of Rights in Investigative Interviews in the US and Norway -- Part III Linguistic Landscapes -- Chapter 6 English in Norwegian and Ethiopian Linguistic Landscapes: Returning to Symbolic Language Use -- Chapter 7 “High Culture at Street Level”: Oslo’s Ibsen Sitat and the Ethos of Egalitarian Nationalism -- Chapter 8 Small Shops in Hamburg and Cape Town: A Dialogue between Materiality and Atmosphere -- Chapter 9 Global and Local Forces in Multilingual Landscapes: A Study of a Local Market -- Part IV Concluding Remarks- Chapter 10 Besides Hegemonic Multilingualism: Making Space for Little Stories and Complex Biographies

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"This innovative collection explores critical issues in understanding multilingualism as a defining dimension of identity creation and negotiation in contemporary social life. Reinforcing interdisciplinary conversations on these themes, each chapter is co-authored by two different researchers, often those who have not written together before. The combined effect is a volume showcasing unique and dynamic perspectives on such topics as rethinking of language policy, testing of language rights, language pedagogy, meaning-making, and activism in the linguistic landscape. The book explores multilingualism through the lenses of spaces and policies as embodied in Elizabeth Lanza's body of work in the field, with a focus on the latest research on linguistic landscapes in diverse settings. Taken together, the book offers a window into better understanding issues around processes of change in and of languages and societies. This groundbreaking volume will be of particular interest to students and scholars in multilingualism, applied linguistics, and sociolinguistics"-- Provided by publisher.

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