Language, migration and social inequalities a critical sociolinguistic perspective on institutions and work - Duchene, Alexandre; Moyer, Melissa G. 1956-; Roberts, Celia 1947- (Bristol Multilingual Matters, 2013)
Introduction: Recasting institutions and work in multilingual and transnational spaces / Alexandre Duchãene, Melissa Moyer & Celia Roberts -- Sites of control. Trade unions and NGOs under neoliberalism : between regimenting migrants and subverting the state / Eva Codâo -- Skilling the self : the communicability of immigrants as flexible labour / Kori Allan -- Sites of selection. The gatekeeping of Babel : job interviews and the linguistic penalty / Celia Roberts -- Language work aboard the low-cost airline / Ingrid Piller & Kimie Takahashi -- (De) capitalising students through linguistic practices. A comparative analysis of new educational programmes in a global era / Luisa Martâin Rojo -- From kebapðc¸ to professional : the commodification of language and social mobility in Turkish complementary schools in the UK / Vally Lytra -- Sites of resistance. "Integration hatten wir letztes Jahr". Official discourses of integration and their uptake by migrants in Germany / Werner Holly & Ulrike Hanna Meinhof -- Language as a resource. Migrant agency, positioning and resistance in a health care clinic / Melissa G. Moyer -- Informal economy and language practice in the context of migrations / Câecile B. Vigouroux -- Fighting exclusion from the margins : locutorios as sites of social agency and resistance for migrants / Maria Sabatâe i Dalmau -- Postscript / Mike Baynham.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Sociolinguistics; Linguistic minorities -- Employment; Immigrants -- Employment; Immigrants -- Language