TheMultilingual Reality : : Living with Languages / / Ajit K. Mohanty.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 English
• VerfasserIn: Mohanty, Ajit K.,
• MitwirkendeR: Annamalai, E.,; Cummins, Jim,; Kangas, Tove Skutnabb-,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Series Editor’s Preface --; Foreword --; 1. Introduction: Languaging Without Borders and Binaries --; 2. The Multilingual World: Conceptual Issues --; 3. Multilingualism: A Resource or Burden? --; 4. Language, Power and Hierarchy: The Double Divide --; 5. Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Societies: From Marginalisation/ Assimilation to Assertive Maintenance --; 6. Language Disadvantage, Capability Deprivation and Poverty --; 7. Multilingualism and Language Policy in Education --; 8. Educational Models in Multilingual Societies: Rethinking Multilingual Education --; 9. English in Multilingual Societies: The Dynamics of Dominance --; Afterword --; References --; Index of Languages --; General Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781788921978; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604078; 9783110603170; 9783110606782
• DOI: 10.21832/9781788921978
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ajit K. Mohanty.

This book is a multidisciplinary analysis of the meaning and dynamics of multilingualism from the perspectives of multilingual societies and language communities in the margins, who are trapped in a vicious circle of disadvantage. It analyses the social, psychological and sociolinguistic processes of linguistic dominance and hierarchical relationships among languages, discrimination, marginalisation and assertive maintenance in multilingualism characterised by a Double Divide, and shows the relationship between educational neglect of languages, capability deprivation and poverty, and loss of linguistic diversity. Its comparative analysis of language-in-education policies and practices and applications of multilingual education (MLE) in diverse contexts shows some promises and challenges in the education of indigenous/tribal/minority children. This book will be of interest to students, researchers, educators and practitioners in sociolinguistics, educational linguistics, psycholinguistics, multilingualism and bilingual/multilingual education.