
The Multiple Realities of Multilingualism
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This book is the very first collection of first-person language learning narratives that offers rich introspective data on the various processes and forces shaping the development and maintenance of multiple languages (seven and more) in a single individual. The writers are twelve multilinguals who have been influenced by quite different contextual factors and who have learned a wide range and combination of dialects and languages from both similar and very different linguistic families. The combinations explored in the narratives include some lesser-known languages that come from under-researched areas, such as the African continent, certain parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
Also unique are two theoretical chapters which analyze the narrative data against the background of language development research findings within several thematic areas: multiple language learning as a complex dynamic system; the influence of bilingualism/multilingualism on the acquisition of additional languages; cross-linguistic influence; and also emotions, motivation, and identity. The aim of this juxtaposition and analysis is to allow a meaningful comparison of the extent to which etic, researcher-generated, and emic, learner-offered perspectives match or diverge, and to identify new questions that the emic data may add to research agendas. The book is an excellent resource not only for researchers but also for teachers as well as for students of language at the graduate and undergraduate level.
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"As such, the book is an informative, inspiring read and will be of great interest to a diverse audience, including language learners, researchers, teachers, educators and other professionals who may encounter or use a variety of languages in their daily lives, whether they are mono-, bi- or multilingual."Ron Peek in: International Journal of Multilingualism 2010More details
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2 - Acknowledgements [Seite 9]
3 - Contents [Seite 11]
4 - Chapter 1 Multilingualism: Emic and etic perspectives [Seite 13]
5 - Chapter 2 A long, adventurous road to (im)perfection [Seite 45]
6 - Chapter 3 Multilingualism as a kaleidoscopic experience: The mini universes within [Seite 65]
7 - Chapter 4 My ways to Rome: Routes to multilingualism [Seite 87]
8 - Chapter 5 Incomplete journeys: A quest for multilingualism [Seite 105]
9 - Chapter 6 The joys and pitfalls of multiple language acquisition: The workings of the mind of a simultaneous multilingual [Seite 127]
10 - Chapter 7 A life of learning languages [Seite 147]
11 - Chapter 8 Linguistic cunning: From Burton to babelfish [Seite 165]
12 - Chapter 9 A "new breed" of American? [Seite 183]
13 - Chapter 10 Where art and nature meet [Seite 203]
14 - Chapter 11 A multilingual journey from East to West [Seite 221]
15 - Chapter 12 Roots, branches and seeds [Seite 235]
16 - Chapter 13 Expanding languages, expanding worlds [Seite 255]
17 - Chapter 14 The well and the bucket: The emic and etic perspectives combined [Seite 277]
18 - The contributors [Seite 305]
19 - Author index [Seite 309]
20 - Language index [Seite 312]
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