Multilingualism
by Aronin, Larissa, Singleton, David
fromImpact, studies in language and society
Offers an account of multilingualism, a phenomenon affecting a vast number of communities, thousands of languages and millions of language users. This book focuses on the knowledge and use of multiple languages. It deals with both bilingualism and polyglottism, at the level of t…
Multilingualism
by Aronin, Larissa, Singleton, David
fromImpact, studies in language and society
Multilingualism
by Aronin, Larissa, Singleton, David
fromImpact, studies in language and society
This book is an authoritative account of multilingualism in the present era, a phenomenon affecting a vast number of communities, thousands of languages and millions of language users. The book's focus is specifically on the knowledge and use of multiple languages, but its treat…
Unlike many recent books on L2 vocabulary and processing, this volume does not set out to offer a complex perspective of the L2 lexicon, but rather tries to come to grips with basic questions on the relationship between L1 and L2.