Multilingualism and Creativity

This book presents the author's research into whether speaking multiple languages has a positive impact on an individual's creative potential. It examines how specific factors in multilingual development encourage certain cognitive functions, which in turn facilitate people's creative performance.

About the author

Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin is Associate Professor of Psychology at American University of Sharjah. His research focuses mainly on the relationship between multilingualism and creativity, but also includes encoding in multilingual language perception and production, and cognitive and sociocultural aspects of creativity. His work has appeared in several edited volumes and scientific journals. Currently, he is developing a new Bilingual Creative Education program that combines foreign language learning and creativity fostering techniques in a unified curricular approach.

Product details

• Authors: Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2012
• EAN: 9781847697943
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-794-3
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 314 g
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education & Bilingualism; Bilingual Education and Biling
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures