This book focuses on the international and educational context of ethnic communities and their language varieties in the Netherlands. It presents major trends i

More than 22 million people speak Dutch-primarily in the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, and the Antilles. Roland Willemyns here offers a well-researched and hi

This volume contains sociological profiles of 58 languages and includes each language's history, relationship with other languages and relevant aspects of the s

The book presents case studies of immigrant minority groups and immigrant minority languages in Europe and abroad, analysed from demographic, sociolinguistic, a

This collection considers such issues as the cognitive, linguistic and emotional benefits of speaking two languages, the perceptions, attitudes and issues relat