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Disinventing and Reconstituting Languages

By Alastair Pennycook , Sinfree Makoni

Book information

Publisher
Multilingual Matters
Year
2006
ISBN
1853599247, 9781853599248
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4109364 bytes)
Series
Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Pages
265\265
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-03-25 14:55:57

Description

This book questions assumptions about the nature of language. Looking at diverse contexts from sign languages in Indonesia to literacy practices in Brazil, the authors argue that unless we change and reconstitute the ways in which languages are taught and conceptualized, language studies will not be able to improve the social welfare of language users.

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