| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 302 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Trends in applied linguistics, 1868-6362 ; 3 |
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Trends in applied linguistics ; 3.
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| Contents |
Multilingualism: emic and etic perspectives / Elka Todeva and Jasone Cenoz -- A long, adventurous road to (im)perfection / Radmila Popovic -- Multilingualism as a kaleidoscopic experience: the mini universes within / Elka Todeva -- My ways to Rome : routes to multilingualism / Heike M.E. Tappe -- Incomplete journeys: a quest for multilingualism / Rosemary Wildsmith-Cromarty -- The joys and pitfalls of multiple language acquisition: the workings of the mind of a simultaneous multilingual / Chimwemwe Mayinde Mystic Kamanga -- A life of learning languages / Sally Freedman -- Linguistic cunning: from Burton to babelfish / Hamzah Henshaw -- A 'new breed' of American? / Charles Kowalski -- Where art and nature meet / Humphrey Tonkin -- A multilingual journey from East to West / Haiyan Hu -- Roots, branches and seeds / Neil O'Flaherty -- Expanding languages, expanding worlds / Alvino E. Fantini -- The Well and the bucket: the emic and etic perspectives combined / Jasone Cenoz and Elka Todeva |
| Summary |
Twelve narratives offer unique personal insights into what shapes the development and maintenance of multiple languages in a single individual. The authors are multilinguals from four continents representing a wide variety of languages and voices. The narratives are analyzed against the background of research on language development revealing a richer and much more nuanced picture of multilingualism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Multilingualism -- Psychological aspects
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Psycholinguistics.
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Second language acquisition.
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psycholinguistics.
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EDUCATION -- Bilingual Education.
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Psycholinguistics
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Second language acquisition
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Todeva, Elka, 1954-
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Cenoz, Jasone
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| LC no. |
2009045069 |
| ISBN |
9783110224481 |
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3110224488 |
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9783110224474 |
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311022447X |
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