Language and Migration in a Multilingual Metropolis: Berlin Lives
Language and Migration in a Multilingual Metropolis: Berlin Lives
Berlin is a multicultural and multilingual city in the heart of Europe. But what do we know about the number of languages spoken by its inhabitants and how they are used in everyday life? How do encounters with different languages impact on the experience of migration? And how do people use their experiences with language to shape their life stories? This lively and engaging book is a story about stories and story-telling. Set in the historical context of centuries of migration and multilingualism in Berlin, it invites the reader to accompany the author on a research expedition that leads to an apartment building in the inner city district Neukölln. Its inhabitants come from different parts of the world and relate their experiences – their Berlin lives – in ways that reveal the complex and intricate relationships between language and migration.
Stevenson, Patrick
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19 January 2017
Stevenson, Patrick
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Stevenson, Patrick
(2017)
Language and Migration in a Multilingual Metropolis: Berlin Lives
(Language and Globalization),
London, GB.
Palgrave Macmillan, 202pp.
Abstract
Berlin is a multicultural and multilingual city in the heart of Europe. But what do we know about the number of languages spoken by its inhabitants and how they are used in everyday life? How do encounters with different languages impact on the experience of migration? And how do people use their experiences with language to shape their life stories? This lively and engaging book is a story about stories and story-telling. Set in the historical context of centuries of migration and multilingualism in Berlin, it invites the reader to accompany the author on a research expedition that leads to an apartment building in the inner city district Neukölln. Its inhabitants come from different parts of the world and relate their experiences – their Berlin lives – in ways that reveal the complex and intricate relationships between language and migration.
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Published date: 19 January 2017
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Modern Languages and Linguistics
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