The Multilingual Lexicon
Contributors: J. Cenoz (Editor); B. Hufeisen (Editor); U. Jessner (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781402015434
Subjects: Language & Linguistics; Teaching of a specific subject; Lexicology; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Sociolinguistics; Language; Psychological aspects; Linguistics; Education / Language Experience Approach; Language acquisition; Multilingualism
First sentence: Multilingualism both as an individual and social phenomenon is very common in the world considering that there are approximately 5,000 languages and speakers of different languages which have contact with each other in everyday life.