nam a22 c 4500 impact.30/958010297 nljbp 250625045101.5 cr ||||||||||| 241221s2012 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2011046459 9789027274984 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp P115 404/.2 23 CFB bicssc LAN009000 bisacsh Aronin, Larissa author Multilingualism Larissa Aronin and David Singleton Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 ©2012 1 online resource (ix, 230 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 1385-7908 30 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 1. Introduction -- 2. Multilingualism -- 3. Multilingualism as a new linguistic dispensation -- 4. The Dominant Language Constellation (DLC) -- 5. Multilinguality and personal development -- 6. Language development in multilingual conditions -- 7. Classifications of multilinguals, multilingual contexts and languages in multilingual environments -- 8. A multilingual monolith? -- 9. Towards a comprehensive view of multilingualism -- 10. Concluding thoughts 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 treatment of the topic is very wide-ranging. It deals with both bilingualism and polyglottism, at the level of the individual speaker as well as at the societal level. The volume addresses not only linguistic facets of multilingualism but also multilingualism’s cultural, sociological, educational, and psychological dimensions, moving from classic perspectives to recent and emerging directions of interest. The book’s extensive coverage takes in topics ranging from the ‘new linguistic dispensation’ in our globalized world to child development in multilingual environments, from the classification of multilingual groupings to characteristics of the multilingual mind. This breadth makes Multilingualism an ideal advanced textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the areas of linguistics, education and the social sciences. Provided by publisher. Language acquisition Multilingualism Sociolinguistics and Dialectology Aronin, Larissa author Singleton, David author Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 9789027218704 Paperback version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 9789027218711 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.30 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027274984