The multiple realities of multilingualism
Subtitle: personal narratives and researchers' perspectives
By: edited by Elka Todeva, Jasone Cenoz.
Contributors: Todeva, Elka, 1954-; Cenoz, Jasone.
Series: Trends in applied linguistics -- 3
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783110224474
Subjects: Multilingualism -- Psychological aspects; Psycholinguistics; Second language acquisition
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: 1. Multilingualism: emic and etic perspectives / Elka Todeva and Jasone Cenoz; title: 2. A Long, Adventurous Road to (Im)perfection / Radmila Popovic; title: 3. Multilingualism as a Kaleidoscopic Experience: The mini universes within / Elka Todeva; title: 4. My Ways to Rome : Routes to multilingualism / Heike M.E. Tappe; title: 5. Incomplete Journeys: A quest for multilingualism / Rosemary Wildsmith-Cromarty; title: 6. The Joys and Pitfalls of Multiple Language Acquisition: The workings of the mind of a simultaneous multilingual / Chimwemwe Mayinde Mystic Kamanga (Mr); title: 7. A Life of Learning Languages / Sally Freedman; title: 8. Linguistic Cunning: From Burton to Babelfish / Hamzah Henshaw; title: 9. A 'New Breed' of American? / Charles Kowalski; title: 10. Where Art and Nature Meet / Humphrey Tonkin; title: 11. A Multilingual Journey from East to West / Haiyan Hu; title: 12. Roots, Branches and Seeds / Neil O'Flaherty; title: 13. Expanding Languages, Expanding Worlds / Alvino E. Fantini; title: 14. The Well and the Bucket: the Emic and Etic Perspectives Combined / Jasone Cenoz and Elka Todeva; title: The Contributors; title: Index.