Publications

Publication details [#61553]

Erdmann, Susan. 2016. Figurative language and multicultural education: metaphors of language acquisition and retention. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 37 (2) : 184–198.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

immigrant | L3-acquisition | metaphor | multicultural education | writing

Language as a subject

English | Norwegian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Meeting the task of practicing three or more languages, immigrant upper secondary English L3 students in Norway used metaphors (from the fields of architecture and embodiment) to render their linguistic experiences in multilingual Scandinavia.