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Bilingualism: A Social Approach

By:M. Heller
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781403996770
eText ISBN:9780230596047
Edition:0
Copyright:2007
Format:Page Fidelity

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Arguing against a common sense view of bilingualism as the co-existence of two linguistic systems, this volume develops a critical perspective which approaches bilingualism as a wide variety of sets of sociolinguistic practices connected to the construction of social difference and of social inequality under specific historical conditions.