John Edwards
John Edwards was born in England, educated there and in Canada, and received his PhD from McGill University. He is a Senior Research Professor at St Francis Xavier University (Antigonish), Adjunct Professor, Graduate Studies, at Dlhousie University (Halifax), and Visiting Professor at Minzu University (Beijing). His main research interest is with the establishment, maintenance and continuity of group identity, with particular reference to language in both its communicative and symbolic aspects. Edwards is the editor of the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (published by Routledge), and of the Multilingual Matters book series. Recent books include Challenges in the Social Life of Language (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011), Multilingualism: Understanding Linguistic Diversity (Continuum / Bloomsbury, 2012) and Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2013). Edwards is a fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Royal Society of Canada.
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