Multilingual Development - English in a Global Context

List of contents

1. Multilingualism past and present; 2. On advantages and effects of multilingual development; 3. Cross-linguistic influence; 4. Language development in multilingual settings; 5. Multilingual language policies, identities, and attitudes; 6. The new Englishes in their multilingual ecologies; 7. Patterns and limits of multilingualism.

About the author

Peter Siemund is Professor and Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Hamburg. Recent publications include Varieties of English (2013), and Speech Acts and Clause Types (2018).

Summary

Incorporating research from a range of fields, this book provides an overview of how multilingual individuals use and experience English alongside their other languages. It is written for researchers and students of bi- and multilingualism, globalization, linguistic diversity, World Englishes, sociolinguistics and second/third language acquisition.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Siemund, Peter (Universitat Hamburg) Siemund, Siemund Peter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108926089
• ISBN: 978-1-108-92608-9
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Bilingualism and multilingualism