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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817295303321

Titolo

Learning and using multiple languages : current findings from research on multilingualism / / edited by Maria Pilar Safont Jordà and Laura Portolés Falomir

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-7492-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Disciplina

306.446

Soggetti

Multilingualism - Data processing

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""PART I""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""CHAPTER FOUR""; ""PART II""; ""CHAPTER FIVE""; ""CHAPTER SIX""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT""; ""CHAPTER NINE""; ""PART III""; ""CHAPTER TEN""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE""; ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN""; ""CHAPTER FOURTEEN""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""

Sommario/riassunto

This volume brings together the latest findings from research on multilingual language learning and use in multilingual communities. Suzanne Flynn, Håkan Ringbom and Larissa Aronin are some of the prestigious scholars who have contributed to this book. As argued by this last author in her chapter, although multilingualism has always existed, the important changes that research on this phenomenon has recently undergone, like that of adopting a multilingual perspective in its studies, should always be borne in mind. This volume considers the languages of multilingual communities, as well as the