Multidisciplinary perspectives on multilingualism : the fundamentals / edited by Simona Montanari and Suzanne Quay.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Multilingualism from Multidisciplinary Perspectives: Introduction and Overview / Quay, Suzanne / Montanari, Simona -- Part I: Societal Multilingualism: Historical, Political, Economic and Educational Forces in Different World Regions -- 2. Multilingualism, Language Varieties and Ideology in North Africa / Ech-Charfi, Ahmed -- 3. Multilingualism in Southeast Asia: The Post-Colonial Language Stories of Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore / Chin Ng, Bee / Cavallaro, Francesco -- 4. Multilingualism in Europe / Bartelheimer, Lennart / Hufeisen, Britta / Montanari, Simona -- 5. Multilingualism in North America / Wright, Wayne E. / Chan, Virak -- Part II: Language Use in Multilingual Communities -- 6. Diglossia in Multilingual Communities / Maher, John -- 7. Codeswitching in Multilingual Communities / Stavans, Anat / Porat, Ronit -- 8. Receptive Multilingualism / Gooskens, Charlotte -- 9. Multilingualism in Signing Communities / Chen Pichler, Deborah / Reynolds, Wanette / Levi Palmer, Jeffrey -- Part III: Individual Multilingualism: From Development to Loss -- 10. Fostering Multilingualism in Childhood / Quay, Suzanne / Chevalier, Sarah -- 11. Family Language Practices in Multilingual Transcultural Families / Lanza, Elizabeth / Lexander, Kristin Vold -- 12. Multilingualism through Schooling / Wang, Xiao-lei -- 13. Language Attrition in Multilinguals / Jessner, Ulrike / Megens, Manon -- Part IV: Differences between Bilingualism and Multilingualism -- 14. Facilitated Language Learning in Multilinguals / Montanari, Simona -- 15. Cross-linguistic Interaction and Multilingual Awareness / Allgäuer-Hackl, Elisabeth / Jessner, Ulrike -- 16. Multilingualism and Cognitive Benefits in Aging / Segal, Dorit / Gollan, Tamar H. / Kavé, Gitit / Goral, Mira -- 17. Multilingual Language Processing and the Multilingual Brain / Strangmann, Iris M. / Chen, Stanley / Obler, Loraine K. -- 18. Conclusion and Directions for Future Research / Montanari, Simona / Quay, Suzanne -- Index of Key Words -- Index of Languages / Language Families -- Index of Countries and Continents

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