The Sociolinguistics of Globalization (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521710237)

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
ISBN-10: 0521710235
ISBN-13: 9780521710237
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2010
Pages: 229
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d

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