TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edwards, John
TI  - Multilingualism: understanding linguistic diversity 
SN  - 978-1-350-19541-7
AV  - GC PE 115 .E39 2023 c.1 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
N1  - include reference and index; 1. Language origins and language diversity -- 2. Interpreting language diversity -- 3. The emergence and measurement of multilingualism -- 4. Dialects and other language varieties -- 5. Multilingual abilitites -- 6. The consequences of Babel: Lingua francas and translation -- 7. Keeping languages pure -- 8. Languages and indentities -- 9. languagedecline and revival: Advocacy and activism -- 11. Language planning and the ecology of language -- 12. Postmodern perspectives
N2  - This book presents history and the latest developments in multilingualism research in a clear and accessible manner. By pointing out that " languages are totems as well as tools", he demnstrates this unique ability to be powerfully succinct and memorable
ER  -