ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism provides a comprehensive survey of the field of multilingualism for a global readership and an overview of the research which situates multilingualism in its social, cultural and political context. This fully revised edition not only updates several of the original chapters but introduces many new ones that enrich contemporary debates in the burgeoning field of multilingualism.
With a decolonial perspective and including leading new and established contributors from different regions of the globe, the handbook offers a critical overview of the interdisciplinary field of multilingualism, providing a range of central themes, key debates and research sites for a global readership. Chapters address the profound epistemological and ontological challenges and shifts produced since the first edition in 2012.
The handbook includes an introduction, five parts with 28 chapters and an afterword. The chapters are structured around sub-themes, such as Coloniality and Multilingualism, Concepts and Theories in Multilingualism, and Multilingualism and Education. This ground-breaking text is a crucial resource for researchers, scholars and postgraduate students interested in multilingualism from areas such as sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, anthropology and education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|76 pages
Coloniality and multilingualism
chapter 3|16 pages
(De)Colonial Multilingual/Multimodal Practices
part II|114 pages
Concepts and theories in multilingualism
chapter 6|17 pages
Materialities and Ontologies
part III|92 pages
Multilingualism and education
chapter 13|14 pages
Indigenous Education and Multilingualism
chapter 16|12 pages
Opening (Up) Spaces for Multilingual Learning and Teaching Practices in South African Higher Education
chapter 17|17 pages
Translanguaging Pedagogies in the Global South
part IV|84 pages
Multilingualism in social and cultural change
part V|76 pages
Multilingualism in Public Life