TY  - BOOK
AU  - Siemund,Peter
AU  - Leimgruber,Jakob R.E.
TI  - Multilingual global cities: Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai 
T2  - Routledge multilingual Asia series
SN  - 9780429463860
AV  - HT153 .M84 2021
U1  - 307.76 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Multilingualism
KW  - English language
KW  - Variation
KW  - Language and culture
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
KW  - bisacsh
N2  - "This volume sets out to investigate the linguistic ecologies of Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai, with chapters that combine empirical and theoretical approaches to the sociolinguistics of multilingualism. One important feature of this publication is that that the five parts of the collection deal with such key issues as the historical dimension, language policies and language planning, contemporary societal multilingualism, multilingual language acquisition, and the localized Englishes of global cities. The first four sections of the volume provide a multi-levelled and finely-detailed description of multilingual diversity of three global cities, while the final section discusses postcolonial Englishes in the context of multilingual language acquisition and language contact"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429463860
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -