Multilingualismo e plurilingualismo

Ed. by Fernández-Villanueva, Marta / Jungbluth, Konstanze de Gruyter, August 2016, 978-3-11-045640-0 The way speakers in multilingual contexts develop own varieties in their interactions sheds light on code switching and multimodal dynamic co-constructions of grammar in use. This volume explores the intersection of multimodality and language use of multilingual speakers. Firstly, theoretical...

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12 August 2016, BBC, Gaia Vince, features correspondent Most people in the world speak more than one language, suggesting the human brain evolved to work in multiple tongues. If so, asks Gaia Vince, are those of us who speak only one language missing out? In a cafe in south London, two construction workers are engaged in cheerful banter, tossing words back and forth. Their cutlery...

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Swissinfo, April 4th 2016

Speaking many languages in a multilingual country is certainly a blessing – but can it ever be a burden? We look at the similarities and differences between Switzerland – where the four national languages are German, French, Italian and Romansh – and officially bilingual Canada. Read more...>>>

Grucza, Sambor / Olpińska-Szkiełko, Magdalena / Romanowski, Piotr (eds.) Collection: Warschauer Studien zur Germanistik und zur Angewandten Linguistik - volume 24 Peter Lang Verlag, 2016 Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2016. 201 pp., 23 b/w fig., 22 tables ISBN 978-3-631-66761-3 hb.  (Hardcover) Multilingualism is broadly understood as the knowledge...

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Dernière mise à jour : 20 décembre 2015 Source : Université de Laval L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde, partie "Langues du monde", section 3 "La cohabitation des langues" Ce sont toujours des bouleversements politiques, militaires, sociaux, économiques ou technologiques qui provoquent l'apparition du multilinguisme. Les changements politiques de même que les conquêtes militaires...

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