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20220913145142.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780198724995 (pbk.) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
306.44 MAH |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Maher, John C. |
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author |
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119150 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Multilingualism : |
| Remainder of title |
a very short introduction / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
John C. Maher. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Oxford, |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xix, 148 p. : |
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ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
18 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
very short introductions |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-141) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
A multilingual world --<br/>The causes of multilingualism --<br/>Multilingualism, myth, and controversies --<br/>People, language, and dangerous things --<br/>Individual multilingualism: one mind, many languages --<br/>Politics, language, and the state --<br/>Identity and culture --<br/>Lingua franca, hybrids, and constructed languages --<br/>Endangered languages --<br/>Index. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The languages of the world can be seen and heard in cities and towns, forests and isolated settlements, as well as on the internet and in international organizations like the UN or the EU. How did the world acquire so many languages? Why can't we all speak one language, like English or Esperanto? And what makes a person bilingual? Multilingualism, language diversity in society, is a perfect expression of human plurality. About 6,500-7,000 languages are spoken, written and signed, throughout the linguistic landscape of the world, by people who communicate in more than one language (at work, or in the family or community). Many origin myths, like Babel, called it a 'punishment' but multilingualism makes us who we are and plays a large part of our sense of belonging. Languages are instruments for interacting with the cultural environment and their ecology is complex. They can die (Tasmanian), or decline then revive (Manx and Hawaiian), reconstitute from older forms (modern Hebrew), gain new status (Catalan and Maori) or become autonomous national languages (Croatian). Languages can even play a supportive and symbolic role as some territories pursue autonomy or nationhood, such as in the cases of Catalonia and Scotland. In this Very Short Introduction John C. Maher shows how multilingualism offers cultural diversity, complex identities, and alternative ways of doing and knowing to hybrid identities. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Multilingualism. |
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119151 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Bilingualism. |
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119152 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Sociolinguistics. |
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119153 |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Language and languages |
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Political aspects. |
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119154 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Bilingualism. |
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fast |
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119152 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Language and languages |
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Political aspects. |
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fast |
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119154 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Multilingualism. |
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fast |
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119151 |
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Sociolinguistics. |
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fast |
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119153 |
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Mehrsprachigkeit |
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gnd |
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119155 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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17.23 multilingual sociolinguistics. |
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nbc |
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119156 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Very short introductions ; |
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525. |
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119157 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
