Mohanty, Ajit K.,

The multilingual reality : living with languages / Ajit K. Mohanty. - xxiii, 257 pages ; 24 cm. - Linguistic diversity and language rights ; 16. .

Includes bibliographical references : (pages 220-241) and indexes.

Introduction: languaging without borders and binaries -- The multilingual world: conceptual issues -- Multilingualism: a resource or burden? -- Language, power and hierarchy: the double divide -- Negotiation of identities in multilingual societies: moving from marginalisation/assimilation to assertive maintenance -- Language disadvantage, capability deprivation and poverty -- Multilingualism and language policy in education -- Educational models in multilingual societies: rethinking MLE -- English in multilingual societies: the dynamics of dominance.

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Multilingualism -- Social aspects -- India.
Multilingual education -- India.
Language and education -- India.