Handbook of Bilingualism 2e
Handbook of Bilingualism 2e
Comprising state-of-the-art research, this substantially expanded and revised Handbook discusses the latest global and interdisciplinary issues across bilingualism and multilingualism.
- Includes the addition of ten new authors to the contributor team, and coverage of seven new topics ranging from global media to heritage language learning
- Provides extensively revised coverage of bilingual and multilingual communities, polyglot aphasia, creolization, indigenization, linguistic ecology and endangered languages, multilingualism, and forensic linguistics
- Brings together a global team of internationally-renowned researchers from different disciplines
- Covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from neuro- and psycho-linguistic research to studies of media and psychological counseling
- Assesses the latest issues in worldwide linguistics, including the phenomena and the conceptualization of 'hyperglobalization', and emphasizes geographical centers of global conflict and commerce
Author: Bhatia, Ritchie
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 09/05/2014
Pages: 976
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.20lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.70w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9781118941270
About the Author
Tej K. Bhatia is Professor of Linguistics and Director of South Asian Languages at Syracuse University, USA. He is a recipient of the Chancellor's Citation Award for excellence in research. Publications include The New Handbook of Second Language Acquisition (co-edited with William C. Ritchie, 2009), Advertising and Marketing in Rural India (2nd Edition, 2007), Colloquial Hindi: The Complete Course for Beginners (2nd Edition, 2007(, and Colloquial Urdu: The Complete Course for Beginners (2000).
William C. Ritchie is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Syracuse University, USA. His publications include an edited volume entitled Second Language Acquisition Research: Issues and Implications (1978). He has co-edited four handbooks with Tej K. Bhatia, including Handbook of Child Language Acquisition (1999).