Language and Migration in a Multilingual Metropolis : Berlin Lives

• Main Author: Stevenson, Patrick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Language and Globalization
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Germanic languages.; Sociolinguistics.; Multilingualism.; Historical linguistics.; Linguistic change.; Language policy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319406060
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40606-0
• Physical Description: XX, 202 p. 32 illus., 25 illus. in color. online resource.

This lively and engaging book, set in the historical context of centuries of migration and multilingualism in Berlin, explores the relationship between language and migration. Berlin is a multicultural city in the heart of Europe, but what do we know about the number of languages spoken by its inhab...