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This Handbook Provides A Comprehensive Survey Of The Field Of Multilingualism For A Global Readership, And An Overview Of The Research Which Situates Multilingualism In It Social, Cultural And Political Context. The Handbook Includes An Introduction And Five Sections With Thirty Two Chapters By Leading International Contributors. The Introduction Charts The Changing Landscape Of Social And Ethnographic Research On Multilingualism (theory, Methods And Research Sites) And It Foregrounds Key Contemporary Debates. Chapters Are Structured Around Sub-headings Such As: Early Developments, Key Issues Related To Theory And Method, New Research Directions. It Also Offers An Authoritative Guide To Shifts Over Time In Thinking About Multilingualism As Well As Providing An Overview Of The Range Of Contemporary Themes, Debates And Research Sites. Indigenous Contexts / Donna Patrick -- Lessons From Pre-colonial Multilingualism / Suresh Canagarajah And Indika Liyanage -- Rethinking Discourses Around The 'english-cosmopolitan' Correlation: Scenes From Formal And Informal Multilingual Educational Contexts / Ramanathan -- Multilingual Citizenship And Minority Languages / Alexandra Jaffe -- Sign Language And The Politics Of Deafness / Bencie Woll And Robert Adam -- Discourses About Linguistic Diversity / Melanie Cooke And James Simpson -- Language Rights: Promoting Civic Multilingualism / Stephen May -- Indigenous Education: Local And Global Perspectives / Teresa L. Mccarty And Sheilah E. Nicholas -- Multilingualism In Education In Post-colonial Contexts: A Special Focus On Sub-saharan Africa / Feliciano Chimbutane -- Regional Minorities, Education And Language Revitalization / Durk Gorter And Jasone Cenoz -- Immersion Education: En Route To Multilingualism / Anne-marie De Mejia --^ Linguistic Diversity And Education / Christine Hélot -- Multilingual Pedagogies / Ofelia García, With Nelson Flores -- Global English And Bilingual Education / Sheena Gardner -- Multilingualism In The Workplace / Roger Hewitt -- Multilingualism And Social Exclusion / Ingrid Piller -- Multilingualism In Legal Settings / Katrijn Maryns -- Multilingualism And Public Service Access: Interpreting In Spoken And Signed Languages / Christine W. L. Wilson, Graham H. Turner And Isabelle Perez -- Multilingualism And The Media / Helen Kelly-holmes -- Multilingualism And Religion / Tope Omoniyi -- Multilingualism And The New Economy / Alexandre Duchêne And Monica Heller -- Multilingualism On He Internet / Sirpa Leppänen And Saija Peuronen -- Multilingualism And Popular Culture / Mela Sarkar And Bronwen Low -- Multilingualism And Gender / Kimi Takahashi -- Disinventing Multilingualism: From Monological Multilingualism To Multilingual Francas / Sinfree Makoni And Alastair Pennycook --^ Multilingualism And Emotions / Aneta Pavlenko -- Codeswitching / Angel Y. M. Lin And David C. S. Li -- Crossing / Ben Ramptom And Constadina Charalambous -- Heteroglossia / Benjamin Bailey -- Multilingual Literacies / Doris S. Warriner -- Multilingualism And Multiomodality / Vally Lytra -- Linguistic Landscapes And Multilingualism / Elana Shohamy. Edited By Marilyn Martin-jones, Adrian Blackledge And Angela Creese. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.