Challenges of multilingualism across times and places

Authors

  • Maria Yelenevskaya Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/sols.23041

Keywords:

multilingualism, super-diversity, chronotope, decolonization, language pedagogies

Abstract

Chronotopic Identity Work: Sociolinguistic Analyses of Cultural and Linguistic Phenomena in Time and Space Sjaak Kroon and Jos Swanenberg (eds) (2020) Bristol: Multilingual Matters. Pp. 217 ISBN: 9781788926614 (hbk) ISBN: 9781788926607 (pbk)

Decolonising Multilingualism: Struggles to Decreate Alison Phipps (2019) Bristol: Multilingual Matters. Pp. 112 ISBN: 9781788924054 (hbk) ISBN: 9781788924047 (pbk) ISBN: 9781788924078 (ebk)

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Published

2023-03-16

How to Cite

Yelenevskaya, M. (2023). Challenges of multilingualism across times and places. Sociolinguistic Studies, 16(4), 547–560. https://doi.org/10.1558/sols.23041