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Multilingualism and Cosmopolitanism

Autor Konrad Gunesch
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 noi 2013
Languages are supposed to make a person world-minded. For many reasons, our globalising world values language knowledge. Yet scientifically, language knowledge has not yet been linked to global identity. This book, therefore, explores the link between multilingualism and cosmopolitanism. Conceptually, it defines cosmopolitanism via a synthesised literature matrix of several issues and aspects of what constitutes a cosmopolitan person, or cosmopolitan individual cultural identity. It then defines individual multilingualism, establishing minimum quantitative and qualitative criteria. Empirically, the book links multilingualism and cosmopolitanism by showing how a group of multilingual international students revealed themselves, in in-depth interviews, in terms of cosmopolitan cultural identity. Here, three original cosmopolitan ideal types were established. This work should help shed some light on the relationship between language knowledge and global identity, and should be especially useful, whether as insight, inspiration, or agenda for personal development, for the language professional, teacher, and student, as well as for the engaging and open-minded traveller in today's world.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783639044713
ISBN-10: 3639044711
Pagini: 340
Dimensiuni: 150 x 220 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller e.K.

Notă biografică

Konrad Gunesch, MA, PhD: Postgraduate degrees in Law, Politics and Education, with studies in Germany, England, France, Italy and Spain. Language studies in Canada and China. Worked as a Lawyer and Humanities Researcher in Europe, America and Asia. Professor of Global Business at Laureate International Universities, Panama. Fluent in ten languages.