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Robert Bayley and Sandra R. Schecter (eds.), Language socialization in bilingual and multilingual societies. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters Ltd., 2003. Pp. xii, 311. Hb $79.95, pb $29.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2006

Paul B. Garrett
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, paul.garrett@temple.edu

Extract

The title of this edited volume leads one to expect a timely contribution to the literature on language socialization, which has become increasingly concerned with bilingual and multilingual settings over the past decade or so. Some readers with general interests in bilingual and multilingual situations, or with special interests in education in such settings, may find this collection worthwhile. Those with a particular interest in language socialization, however, will be disappointed – and perhaps irritated to have been misled by the title. The volume's 16 chapters present a broad variety of interesting case studies, but very few among them can accurately be characterized as language socialization studies.

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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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