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Language, Superdiversity and Education

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Multilingualism and Multimodality

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In recent times scholars in sociolinguistics have found that language use in late modern societies is changing. Rather than assuming that homogeneity and stability represent the norm, mobility, mixing, political dynamics and historical embedding are now central concerns in the study of languages, language groups and communication (Blommaert & Rampton 2011).

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Blackledge, A., Creese, A., Takhi, J.K. (2013). Language, Superdiversity and Education. In: Saint-Georges, I.d., Weber, JJ. (eds) Multilingualism and Multimodality. The Future of Education Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-266-2_4

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