Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Multilingualism : : The Fundamentals / / ed. by Simona Montanari, Suzanne Quay.
Multilingualism is a typical aspect of everyday life for most of the world’s population; it has existed since the beginning of humanity and among individuals of all backgrounds. Nonetheless, it has often been treated as a variant of bilingualism or as a phenomenon unique to individual areas of study...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VII, 422 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. Multilingualism from Multidisciplinary Perspectives: Introduction and Overview
- Part I: Societal Multilingualism: Historical, Political, Economic and Educational Forces in Different World Regions
- 2. Multilingualism, Language Varieties and Ideology in North Africa
- 3. Multilingualism in Southeast Asia: The Post-Colonial Language Stories of Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore
- 4. Multilingualism in Europe
- 5. Multilingualism in North America
- Part II: Language Use in Multilingual Communities
- 6. Diglossia in Multilingual Communities
- 7. Codeswitching in Multilingual Communities
- 8. Receptive Multilingualism
- 9. Multilingualism in Signing Communities
- Part III: Individual Multilingualism: From Development to Loss
- 10. Fostering Multilingualism in Childhood
- 11. Family Language Practices in Multilingual Transcultural Families
- 12. Multilingualism through Schooling
- 13. Language Attrition in Multilinguals
- Part IV: Differences between Bilingualism and Multilingualism
- 14. Facilitated Language Learning in Multilinguals
- 15. Cross-linguistic Interaction and Multilingual Awareness
- 16. Multilingualism and Cognitive Benefits in Aging
- 17. Multilingual Language Processing and the Multilingual Brain
- 18. Conclusion and Directions for Future Research
- Index of Key Words
- Index of Languages / Language Families
- Index of Countries and Continents