The Exploration of Multilingualism: Development of research on L3, multilingualism and multiple language acquisition (Aila Applied Linguistics Series)

The Exploration of Multilingualism......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
1. On the genesis and development  of L3 research......Page 10
References......Page 16
Introduction......Page 20
Defining terms relevant to multilingualism......Page 22
Current debates......Page 25
Conclusion......Page 32
References......Page 33
3. The genesis and development  of research in multilingualism......Page 36
1. Multilingualism in language studies and in social discourse: A change in perspective......Page 38
2. A definition of multilingualism......Page 42
3. Perspectives for future research......Page 44
3.1 The history of active multilingualism and multilingual grammars......Page 45
3.2 Language borders, minorities and new opportunities for peripheries......Page 48
3.3 Multilingualism: its statistical basis and legal status......Page 51
3.4	Multilingualism in institutions......Page 53
3.5 Multilingualism in discourse......Page 55
3.6 Multilingualism in the individual......Page 59
4. Final remarks......Page 64
References......Page 65
4. The development of psycholinguistic research......Page 72
The field in the 1950s and 1960s......Page 73
The field in the 1970s......Page 74
The field in the 1980s......Page 75
The rapid increase of CLI research in the 1990s......Page 77
CLI research in the new millennium......Page 78
References......Page 80
1. Introduction......Page 88
2. Bilingualism and third language education in Ireland......Page 89
3. Crosslinguistic influence: Psychotypology and the ‘L2 factor’......Page 90
5.1 The typological background......Page 91
5.2 General overview of the study......Page 92
5.3 Participants......Page 93
5.4	Methodology and instrumentation......Page 94
5.5 Results......Page 95
6.1 The typological background......Page 97
6.2 General overview of the study......Page 100
6.4	Methodology and instrumentation......Page 101
6.5 Results......Page 103
7. Concluding remarks......Page 108
References......Page 109
Acknowledgment......Page 111
Introduction......Page 112
1. Properties and developments of contemporary multilingualism......Page 113
2.1 The property of complexity and research methods......Page 115
2.2 The property of liminality and its expression in the use of research methods......Page 117
2.3 The property of suffusiveness as it refers to methods of research......Page 120
Conclusion......Page 124
References......Page 125
1. Introductory remarks......Page 130
2. Multilingual learning is not bilingual learning......Page 131
3. Attitudes towards languages......Page 132
4. Linguistic and cognitive effects of multilingual learning......Page 133
5. Exploring the age factor......Page 136
6. A multilingual approach to multilingual education......Page 142
References......Page 143
Overview......Page 148
1. Associations, organizations, and networks......Page 149
2.1 Peer-reviewed research journals......Page 151
2.2 Journals for professionals or the general public......Page 157
3. Book series on bi- and multilingualism......Page 158
4. Bibliographies on L3 learning and multilingualism......Page 161
5. Conference listings......Page 162
1. The first threshold crossed......Page 164
2. Findings of this volume......Page 166
3. What’s next?......Page 167
References......Page 168
Name index......Page 170
Subject index......Page 174
The AILA Applied Linguistics Series......Page 177