Communicative Practices at Work Multimodality and Learning in a High-Tech Firm |
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| Author:
| Kleifgen, Jo Anne |
| Series title: | Language, Mobility and Institutions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78309-045-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Multilingual Matters
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $218.95 |
Book Description:
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This book examines communicative practices in a high-tech firm in California's Silicon Valley, where employees come from diverse ethnolinguistic backgrounds and their practices are shaped by, and sometimes contest, local and global forces. It demonstrates the importance of accounting for multilingual practices in studies of multimodality.
This book examines communicative practices in a high-tech firm in California's Silicon Valley, where employees come from diverse ethnolinguistic backgrounds and their practices are shaped by, and sometimes contest, local and global forces. It demonstrates the importance of accounting for multilingual practices in studies of multimodality.