This comprehensive study of multilingualism is specially designed to introduce students to this rapidly growing field within linguistics, communication studies and education.

This comprehensive study of multilingualism is specially designed to introduce students to this rapidly growing field within linguistics, communication studies and education.

This book brings together papers dealing with essential issues in applied linguistics and multilingualism that have been contributed by leading figures in these two fields and present state-of-the-art developments in theory and research. The first part includes articles touching on various aspects of multiple-language acquisition, with a particular emphasis on the role of affordances, the interfaces between language and thought, and factors influencing the process of language learning. Part Two deals with individual variations in the acquisition of additional languages, focusing in particular...

This book examines key issues in applied linguistics and multilingualism, including factors influencing the process of language learning, the impact of variables such as aptitude and motivation, and the acquisition of different subsystems and skills.

This volume provides a unique interface between the material and linguistic aspects of communication, education and language use, and cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries, drawing on fields as varied as applied linguistics, ethnology, sociology, history and philosophy.