The Sociolinguistics of Globalization (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact) by Professor Dr Jan Blommaert (8-Apr-2010) Paperback

Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact

by Jan Blommaert

Excellent Book

Genres: Linguistics, Sociology, Language, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published April 1, 2010

Reviews

[Yasamin Rezai · Rating 5 out of 5]

To be honest, I wish could give 6 stars to this marvelous collection of thoughts and notions.

[Rick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm embarrassed to admit that I hadn't read this book until this week. I will definitely use some of the information in it.

One of my favorite quotes: "The mobility of certain sociolinguistic resources -- think of English -- resides in their invocative qualities: they invoke different histories of meaning and function, and intertextually project these historical features onto current acts of communication" (151).

[Alfonso Jimenez · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting perspective on the effects of globalized language and the semiotic processes that work to develop the different levels of stratification in society, and yad yada yada

[livewugreactions · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book cleared up a lot of concepts regarding indexicality and orders of indexicality and a lot of other linguistic concepts that I feel like hadn't been connected to each other in other literature. I uh read this a few months ago so a lot of the details are escaping me, but expect many quotes of it to end up in my research.

[Bookshire Cat]

Chapter 1 and 2 read for class.

[versarbre · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full of life! This is the sort of books showcasing the charm of analytical clarity!!

[Casey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great work but some dense linguistics theory that is not for the faint of heart.