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| Other authors / contributors: | Collins, James Phillip.
Slembrouck, Stefaan, 1963-
Baynham, Mike, 1950-
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| ISBN: | 9781441125149
1441125140
0826497985
9780826497987
9781441129246
1441129243
1282452886
9781282452886
9780826497987
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | This book examines the impact of globalization on languages in contact, including the study of linkages between the global and local, and transnational and situated communication. It engages with social theory and social processes while grappling with questions of language analysis raised by globalized language contact. Drawing on case studies from North America, Europe and Africa, the volume makes three important contributions to contemporary sociolinguistics by:. * arguing that concepts of scale and space are essential for understanding contemporary sociolinguistic phenomena. * showing that.
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| Other form: | Print version: Globalization and language in contact. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 9780826497987
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