The Multiple Realities of Multilingualism: Personal Narratives and Researchers' Perspectives

This book is the very first collection of first-person language learning narratives that offers rich introspective data on the various processes and forces shaping the development and maintenance of multiple languages (seven and more) in a single individual. The writers are twelve multilinguals who have been influenced by quite different contextual factors and who have learned a wide range and combination of dialects and languages from both similar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311022447X
• ISBN13: 9783110224474
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary