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Urban labor markets in sub-Saharan Africa
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ISBN: 0821397818 129973474X 0821397826 9780821397817 Year: 2013 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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Although labor is usually the unique asset upon which poor people can make a living, little is known about the functioning of labor markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this volume is to contribute to the building of knowledge in this area. In this book, the authors use a unique set of identical and simultaneous labor force surveys conducted in seven capitals of Western Africa, as well as in some other African countries (Cameroon, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo) in the 2000's. They present innovative and original results on how people are faring in these labour markets, using


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Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscapes
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ISBN: 1783090421 1783090413 9781783090419 9781783090402 9781783090396 1783090405 1783090391 1299831680 9781299831681 Year: 2013 Publisher: Bristol Blue Ridge Summit

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Superdiversity has rendered familiar places, groups and practices extraordinarily complex, and the traditional tools of analysis need rethinking. In this book, Jan Blommaert investigates his own neighbourhood in Antwerp, Belgium, from a complexity perspective. Using an innovative approach to linguistic landscaping, he demonstrates how multilingual signs can be read as chronicles documenting the complex histories of a place. The book can be read in many ways: as a theoretical and methodological contribution to the study of linguistic landscape; as one of the first monographs which addresses the sociolinguistics of superdiversity; or as a revision of some of the fundamental assumptions of social science through the use of chaos and complexity theory as an inspiration for understanding the structures of contemporary social life.

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Multilingualism --- Languages in contact --- City dwellers --- Linguistic minorities --- Ethnicity --- Sociolinguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Minority languages --- Minorities --- City population --- City residents --- Dwellers, City --- Residents of cities --- Urban dwellers --- Urban people --- Urban population --- Urban residents --- Urbanites --- Persons --- Population --- Areal linguistics --- Plurilingualism --- Polyglottism --- Language --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Political aspects --- Antwerp (Belgium) --- Anṿerśah (Belgium) --- Anṭṿerpen (Belgium) --- Antwerpen (Belgium) --- Antuerpia (Belgium) --- Anvers (Belgium) --- Anversa (Belgium) --- Antwerpia (Belgium) --- Anwerpia (Belgium) --- Andowerpia (Belgium) --- Amberes (Belgium) --- Antverpia (Belgium) --- Ambivaritum (Belgium) --- Anderpus (Belgium) --- Andevorpum (Belgium) --- Andoverpis (Belgium) --- Andoverpum (Belgium) --- Antwerpha (Belgium) --- Antwerpium (Belgium) --- Antwerpo (Belgium) --- Antwerpum (Belgium) --- Handoverpia (Belgium) --- Andwerpa (Belgium) --- Antverpis (Belgium) --- Antverpo (Belgium) --- Antverpum (Belgium) --- אנטווערפען --- Languages. --- Minoritized languages --- Antwerp. --- complexity. --- conviviality. --- ethnography. --- linguistic landscapes. --- linguistic landscaping. --- migration. --- multilingual signs. --- multiliteracies. --- multimodality. --- sociolinguistic landscapes. --- superdiversity.


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Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscapes : Chronicles of Complexity
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ISBN: 9781783090396 9781783090402 1783090405 1783090391 1783090421 1783090413 Year: 2013 Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters,

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Superdiversity has rendered familiar places, groups and practices extraordinarily complex, and the traditional tools of analysis need rethinking. In this book, Jan Blommaert investigates his own neighbourhood in Antwerp, Belgium, from a complexity perspective. Using an innovative approach to linguistic landscaping, he demonstrates how multilingual signs can be read as chronicles documenting the complex histories of a place. The book can be read in many ways: as a theoretical and methodological contribution to the study of linguistic landscape; as one of the first monographs which addresses the sociolinguistics of superdiversity; or as a revision of some of the fundamental assumptions of social science through the use of chaos and complexity theory as an inspiration for understanding the structures of contemporary social life.

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Migration. Refugees --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Sociology of culture --- interculturaliteit --- Sociolinguistics --- Sociology of minorities --- interculturele communicatie --- Mass communications --- Belgium --- Antwerp --- #KVHA:Taalkunde --- #KVHA:Meertalige communicatie --- #KVHA:Superdiversiteit --- #KVHA:Etnografie --- #KVHA:Meertaligheid --- Multilingualism --- Languages in contact --- City dwellers --- Linguistic minorities --- Ethnicity --- Language. --- Antwerp (Belgium) --- Languages. --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Plurilingualism --- Polyglottism --- Minority languages --- Minorities --- Areal linguistics --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- City population --- City residents --- Dwellers, City --- Residents of cities --- Urban dwellers --- Urban people --- Urban population --- Urban residents --- Urbanites --- Persons --- Population --- Language --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Political aspects --- Anṿerśah (Belgium) --- Anṭṿerpen (Belgium) --- Antwerpen (Belgium) --- Antuerpia (Belgium) --- Anvers (Belgium) --- Anversa (Belgium) --- Antwerpia (Belgium) --- Anwerpia (Belgium) --- Andowerpia (Belgium) --- Amberes (Belgium) --- Antverpia (Belgium) --- Ambivaritum (Belgium) --- Anderpus (Belgium) --- Andevorpum (Belgium) --- Andoverpis (Belgium) --- Andoverpum (Belgium) --- Antwerpha (Belgium) --- Antwerpium (Belgium) --- Antwerpo (Belgium) --- Antwerpum (Belgium) --- Handoverpia (Belgium) --- Andwerpa (Belgium) --- Antverpis (Belgium) --- Antverpo (Belgium) --- Antverpum (Belgium) --- אנטווערפען --- Minoritized languages --- Antwerp. --- complexity. --- conviviality. --- ethnography. --- linguistic landscapes. --- linguistic landscaping. --- migration. --- multilingual signs. --- multiliteracies. --- multimodality. --- sociolinguistic landscapes. --- superdiversity.

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