The Sociolinguistics of Globalization

Human language has changed in the age of globalization: no longer tied to stable and resident communities, it moves across the globe, and it changes in the process. The world has become a complex 'web' of villages, towns, neighbourhoods and settlements connected by material and symbolic ties in often unpredictable ways. This phenomenon requires us to revise our understanding of linguistic communication. In The Sociolinguistics of Globalization Jan Blommaert constructs a theory of changing language in a changing society, reconsidering locality, repertoires, competence, history and sociolinguistic inequality.

Author: Jan Blommaert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/01/2010
Pages: 230
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780521710237

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2011

About the Author
Blommaert, Jan: - Jan Blommaert is Professor of Linguistic Anthropology in the Department of Language and Culture Studies at Tilburg University, The Netherlands.