Handbook of Bilingualism 2e (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics) - Hardcover

The most profound and authoritative reference source in the field. Nowhere else can one find to the same degree such a comprehensive and thought provoking presentation of all the major concepts and approaches pertaining to the field... The volume is an absolute must-read for any student and researcher in the field of bi-/multilingualism and the adjacent spheres of language contact, language and globalization, second language acquisition, cross-cultural communication, world Englishes, and others. ( World Englishes, 10 February 2014) "A multitude of approaches that complement one another by offering the reader new perspectives on a field that is multidisciplinary in nature." (The Linguist List, 7 February 2014) All in all, this is an excellent volume that can be used as an introduction to a larger portion of the field of language contact than one might find in a single volume elsewhere, and which may be used as a main text for upper-level undergraduate courses as well as for graduate courses on language contact. (Journal of Sociolinguistics, 6 September 2013) Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. (Choice, 1 August 2013)

**Honored as a 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title** Comprising state-of-the-art research, this substantially expanded and revised Handbook discusses the latest global and interdisciplinary issues across bilingualism and multilingualism. * Includes the addition of ten new authors to the contributor team, and coverage of seven new topics ranging from global media to heritage language learning * Provides extensively revised coverage of bilingual and multilingual communities, polyglot aphasia, creolization, indigenization, linguistic ecology and endangered languages, multilingualism, and forensic linguistics * Brings together a global team of internationally-renowned researchers from different disciplines * Covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from neuro- and psycho-linguistic research to studies of media and psychological counseling * Assesses the latest issues in worldwide linguistics, including the phenomena and the conceptualization of 'hyperglobalization', and emphasizes geographical centers of global conflict and commerce