Thinking and speaking in two languages
Until recently, the history of debates about language and thought has been a history of thinking of language in the singular. The purpose of this volume is to reverse this trend and to begin unlocking the mysteries surrounding thinking and speaking in bi- and multilingual speakers. If languages infl...
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol Buffalo
Multilingual Matters
2011
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| Series: | Bilingual education&bilingualism
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=355245 Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz336550219inh.htm 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Aneta Pavlenko |
| Summary: | Until recently, the history of debates about language and thought has been a history of thinking of language in the singular. The purpose of this volume is to reverse this trend and to begin unlocking the mysteries surrounding thinking and speaking in bi- and multilingual speakers. If languages influence the way we think, what happens to those who speak more than one language? And if they do not, how can we explain the difficulties second language learners experience in mapping new words and structures onto real-world referents? The contributors to this volume put forth a novel approach to sec |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9781847693389 1847693385 |