Language and Identity in Migration Contexts
Author | : Patricia Ronan |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Publishing |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Emigration and immigration |
ISBN | : 9781789978902 |
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"The contributions to this volume shed a new light on various central topics in the discourses on language, migration and identity. The continued centrality of language on identity formation processes is underlined but it is shown that language is not a defining criterion for identity formation processes of migrants, in the context of migration or for heritage speakers in all cases. However, societal contexts play an important role in identity formation and these societal contexts themselves are strongly influenced by the ideologies that are prevalent in societies and that may be perpetuated in educational contexts. In the discussion of language, identity and migration in this volume, perspectives from the Global North are enriched by perspectives of the Global South, and the impact of media influence in migration discourse is analysed"--