Language and migration

by Capstick, Tony, (Anthony)

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Full title :Language and migration / Tony Capstick.

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Publication Date:2020.

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Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781351207706, 1351207709, 1351207695, 1351207687, 1351207717, 9781351207690, 9781351207683, 9781351207713
DOI:10.4324/9781351207713
oclc:on1203959158
Dewey Decimal:306.44

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Human migration, culture, and language -- Migration and mobility -- The human need to migrate -- Early human migrations and language -- Trade, migration, and culture -- Writing and identity -- Linguistic capital -- Capitalism and colonialism -- Orienting to multilingual language use -- Critical multilingualism -- Narratives, knowing, and naming -- Kaupapa Māori research theory -- The Hei Manaaki study -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Empires, colonialism, and English

Introduction -- Polynesian settlement of the Pacific -- What is an empire? -- Empire before the age of modern colonialism -- Alexander the Great -- The Roman empire -- China's empires -- Islam -- The Age of Discovery and the rise of European colonialism -- The East India Company and the Mughal empire -- Merchant capitalism and language -- From trade allegiance to colonialism -- Colonial language policy in the Punjab -- Power and prestige in colonial language policy -- Technology and colonial migrations -- The hegemony of national and international languages

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