From migrant to citizen

By Christina Slade, Martina Mollering

Subjects: Sociology, Immigrants, Ability testing, Law, political aspects, Language, Globalization, Citizenship, Language policy, Language and languages, Cultural assimilation

Description: "Citizenship is highly topical and relevant to a number of disciplines including law, politics and sociology. What can a linguistic study contribute to the debate? In this impressive volume a combination of theorists -- linguists, historians and lawyers -- address the subject of citizenship testing in language proficiency and 'cultural' knowledge"--