Multilingualism A Critical Perspective

What does it mean to young people to be multilingual? What do multilingual speakers' linguistic resources mean to them? Are they happy to discard their languages, and assimilate to English, or are there other issues at stake? Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese address these questions, taking a critical perspective to examine issues such as nationalism, heritage, culture, identity negotiation, ideology, and power. A comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding multilingualism, this book will be essential reading for advanced students, and researchers, of sociolinguistics and multilingualism. Book jacket.

Adrian Blackledge is Professor of Bilingualism at the School of Education, University of Birmingham, UK. Angela Creese is Professor of Educational Linguistics at the School of Education, University of Birmingham, UK.