Description: This book shows how the contemporary form of globalization has certain effects on language in social context and identifies the city as the most important site for the realization of these effects.
Review Quotes:
'A fascinating book...which will stimulate any reader interested in contemporary urban life.' - Huw Thomas, International Planning Studies
'Mac Giolla Chríost writes with scholarly confidence...this book poses important questions for a greater understanding of the relationship between the city, language and linguistic diversity.' - Robert Blackwood, Language Policy