Mother Tongue Tied - On Language, Motherhood & Multilingualism – Disrupting Myths & Finding Meaning

Linguist and writer Malwina Gudowska unpicks the myths surrounding multilingualism and the political, emotional and gendered weight of passing down language to your children

About the author

Malwina Gudowska is a Polish-Canadian writer, editor and linguist living in London, UK. A National Magazine Award winner, her writing has appeared in Financial Times, Vogue, Literary Hub, The Globe and Mail and several book and magazine anthologies. She is a PhD researcher in applied linguistics exploring the emotions of mothers raising multilingual children. Her newsletter, Motherlingual examines the intersection of language and motherhood.

Summary

Linguist and writer Malwina Gudowska unpicks the myths surrounding multilingualism and the political, emotional and gendered weight of passing down language to your children

Foreword

Linguist and writer Malwina Gudowska unpicks the myths surrounding multilingualism and the political, emotional and gendered weight of passing down language to your children

Product details

• Authors: Malwina Gudowska
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2024
• EAN: 9781804440797
• ISBN: 978-1-80444-079-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 225 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood, Sociolinguistics, Advice on parenting, Literary essays, Parenting: advice and issues